交接

jiāojiē

verb HSK 7-9 #16,543

Meanings

1 to hand over (duties, responsibilities)
2 to transition; to transfer (between shifts or roles)

Characters

to hand over; to exchange

to receive; to take over

One person 交 (hands over) while the other 接 (receives) — the word captures both sides of a transfer.

Examples

他和新同事交接了工作。

Tā hé xīn tóngshì jiāojiē le gōngzuò.

He handed over his work to his new colleague.

两班工人正在进行交接。

Liǎng bān gōngrén zhèngzài jìnxíng jiāojiē.

The two shifts of workers are doing a handover.

Stroke Order

交 jiāo

接 jiē