# 建交 (jiànjiāo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 建交 (jiànjiāo) means “to establish diplomatic ties”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to establish diplomatic ties
- Pinyin: jiànjiāo (jian4 jiao1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这两个国家去年正式建交了。
  Zhè liǎng gè guójiā qùnián zhèngshì jiànjiāo le.
  These two countries officially established diplomatic relations last year.

## Characters

- [建](https://hanziro.com/word/jian-build/) (jiàn): to build; to construct
- [交](https://hanziro.com/word/jiao-hand-over/) (jiāo): to hand over; to pay

https://hanziro.com/word/jian-jiao-establish-diplomatic-ties/

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