TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 詞
交通
ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄨㄥ · jiāotōng
noun — traffic; transportation; transit system
字源 FORM — what the parts do
交to cross, to exchange (交換的交)jiāoa figure with legs crossed — the crossing point; to exchange, to deliver, to intersect
通to pass through, to connect (通道的通)tōng辶(movement/path) + 甬(yǒng, a passage; phonetic) — movement through a passage; 甬 gives the sound
交通,交換的交,通道的通。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩條路交叉在這裡(交),車子來來去去穿過去(通)——人車流過的那個交點就是交通。
Two paths crossing (交), vehicles flowing through (通) — where crossing becomes flow, that is traffic.
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