西安交通大学 |
Xī ān Jiāo tōng Dà xué |
Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) |
西 |
Xī |
the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙 / Spanish |
西 |
xī |
west |
西安 |
Xī ān |
see 西安市 / see 西安区 |
安 |
Ān |
surname An |
安 |
ān |
(bound form) calm; peaceful / to calm; to set at ease / safe; secure; in good health / content; satisfied (as in 安于) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install; to fix; to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培) |
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 |