| 上海交通大学 |
Shàng hǎi Jiāo tōng Dà xué |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| 上 |
shǎng |
used in 上声 |
| 上 |
shàng |
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above |
| 上海 |
Shàng hǎi |
Shanghai municipality (abbr. to 沪) |
| 海 |
Hǎi |
surname Hai |
| 海 |
hǎi |
ocean / sea / CL:个,片 / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous |
| 交 |
jiāo |
to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of 跤 |
| 交通 |
jiāo tōng |
to be connected / traffic / transportation / communications / liaison |
| 交通大学 |
Jiāo tōng Dà xué |
abbr. for 上海交通大学 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大学 Xia'an Jiaotong University, 国立交通大学 National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc |
| 通 |
tōng |
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 通 |
tòng |
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 大学 |
Dà xué |
the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism |
| 大学 |
dà xué |
university / college / CL:所 |
| 学 |
xué |
to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology |