# 交叉
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiāochā
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄔㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau$^1$ caa$^1$ / kaau$^1$ caa$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kau-chha / kau-chhe / kau-chhee
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiāochā
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄔㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiaocha
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^1$-chʻa$^1$
*** Yale: jyāu-chā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaucha
*** Palladius: цзяоча (czjaoča)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaau$^1$ caa$^1$ / kaau$^1$ caa$^1$
*** Yale: gāau chā / kāau chā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaau$^1$ tsaa$^1$ / kaau$^1$ tsaa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gao$^1$ ca$^1$ / kao$^1$ ca$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/, /kʰaːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-chha
*** Tâi-lô: kau-tsha
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kauzhaf
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kau³³ t͡sʰa³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-chhe
*** Tâi-lô: kau-tshe
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kauzhef
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-chhee
*** Tâi-lô: kau-tshee
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴/

### Verb

交叉
* to intersect; to cross; to crisscross
    交叉雙臂／交叉双臂 ― jiāochā shuāngbì ― to cross one's arms
    交叉手指 ― jiāochā shǒuzhǐ ― to cross one's fingers
* to overlap
* to alternate; to stagger

#### Synonyms

* (to intersect):
* 交會／交会 (jiāohuì) (formal)
* 交織／交织 (jiāozhī)
* 交錯／交错 (jiāocuò)
* 相交 (xiāngjiāo)
* (to overlap):
* 層疊／层叠 (céngdié)
* 打垛 (da$^3$ do$^5$) (Xiang)
* 重疊／重叠 (chóngdié)
* (to alternate)
* 交接 (jiāojiē)
* 交替 (jiāotì)
* 穿插 (chuānchā)
* 織／织 (zhī)
* 輪流／轮流 (lúnliú)
* 輪番／轮番 (lúnfān)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to intersect”): 平行 (píngxíng)

### Adjective

交叉
* (attributive) interdisciplinary
    交叉科學／交叉科学 ― jiāochā kēxué ― interdisciplinary science
* (attributive) intersectional

#### Synonyms

* (interdisciplinary):
* 科際／科际 (kējì)
* 跨學科／跨学科 (kuàxuékē)

### Noun

交叉
* (fencing) coupe
* (Cantonese) cross (Classifier: 個／个)
       daap$^3$ on$^3$ zing$^3$ kok$^3$ ge$^3$ zau$^6$ tik$^1$ jat$^1$ haa$^5$, co$^3$ ge$^3$ zau$^6$ daa$^2$ go$^3$ kaau$^1$ caa$^1$. [Jyutping]
       Put a check mark for correct answers and a cross for wrong ones.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 叉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 叉兒, 叉子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 叉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 叉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 叉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 叉叉兒, 錯號兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 叉叉子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 叉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 叉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 叉子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 交叉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 交叉 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 叉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 叉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 叉 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 叉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 叉 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 叉仔 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 參叉 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 叉 |

### Derived terms

* 交叉口 (jiāochākǒu)
* 交叉性 (jiāochāxìng)
* 交叉感染 (jiāochā gǎnrǎn)
* 交叉線／交叉线 (jiāochāxiàn)
* 交叉點／交叉点 (jiāochādiǎn)
* 視交叉／视交叉 (shìjiāochā)
* 立體交叉／立体交叉 (lìtǐ jiāochā)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 交 | 叉 |
| こう Grade: 2 | さ Jinmeiyō |
| kan'on ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 交叉 – see the following entry. :
| 【交差こうさ】 | [noun] crossing, intersection [noun] (genetics) crossover [verb] cross, intersect |
(This term, 交叉, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 交 | 叉 |

### Noun

交叉 • (gyocha) (hangeul 교차)
* hanja form of 교차