交通大学

交通大學

Jiāotōng Dàxué

proper noun

Meanings

1 Jiaotong University ("Transport University")
2 shared name of several elite engineering universities

Characters

to exchange / communicate

to connect / through

study / learning

Examples

HSK 2

他考上了上海交通大学。

Tā kǎoshàng le Shànghǎi Jiāotōng Dàxué.

He got into Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

HSK 4

交通大学的工程系很强。

Jiāotōng Dàxué de gōngchéng xì hěn qiáng.

Jiaotong University's engineering department is very strong.

Tips

history

All the 交通大学 (Shanghai, Xi'an, Beijing, Southwest, National Chiao Tung in Taiwan) share a single ancestor: 南洋公学, founded 1896 in Shanghai by 盛宣怀. Despite the name, 交通 here means "communications" in the broad Qing-era sense (transport + telegraphy + shipping), not today's narrow sense of traffic.

usage

Without a prefix, 交通大学 is ambiguous; people usually specify 上海交大, 西安交大, 北京交大, etc. The nickname 交大 (Jiāodà) is standard.

Stroke Order

交 jiāo

通 tōng

大 dà

学 xué