交到

jiāodào

verb #27,044

Meanings

1 to make (friends)
2 to hand over to
3 to submit to

Characters

to hand; to make; to associate

to arrive; resultative complement indicating success

Examples

HSK 1

他在大学里交到了很多好朋友。

Tā zài dàxué lǐ jiāodào le hěnduō hǎo péngyou.

He made many good friends in university.

HSK 5

请把报告交到秘书那里。

Qǐng bǎ bàogào jiāodào mìshū nàlǐ.

Please hand the report over to the secretary.

Tips

usage

交到朋友 is the natural way to say 'make friends' in Mandarin. The 到 adds the sense of successfully achieving the result, emphasizing completion.

Stroke Order

交 jiāo

到 dào