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

他考上了上海交通大学。

Tā kǎoshàng le Shànghǎi Jiāotōng dàxué.

He got into Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

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