上海交通大学

Traditional form:

上海交通大學

Pinyin (reading):

Shànghǎi Jiāotōng Dàxué

Definitions:

• Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Characters:

• 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
• 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
• 交 - to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix
• 通 - to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 学 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology

Traditional characters:

• 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
• 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
• 交 - to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix
• 通 - to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 學 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology