交易

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 双方达成了一笔大交易。▶ —
   The two sides reached a big deal.
2. 股票交易很活跃。▶ —
   Stock trading is very active.

Collocations

Mnemonic

交 jiāo "to exchange, hand over" + 易 yì "to exchange, change": to exchange with each other, i.e. a transaction, to trade. Korean renders it as "transaction, deal". The commercial act of buying and selling goods, stocks or money (达成交易 to close a deal). 易 means "to exchange" (贸易 trade, 交易) and also "easy" (容易), a multi-sense character. 交 means "to associate, exchange" (交换 to exchange).

Related

Quick check

1. What does 交易 mean?

   • a buy-and-sell transaction
   • an easy task
   • a traffic signal
   • making friends