Cross-cultural describes anything that involves two or more cultures at the same time, or that reaches from one culture into another: a cross-cultural marriage, cross-cultural training, a cross-cultural study of how people say sorry. It goes in front of a noun.

Cross-cultural describes形容的是 at the same time同時 involves牽涉 two or more cultures兩個以上文化， or that reaches from one culture into another或從一個文化伸進另一個文化 anything的任何事情： a cross-cultural marriage跨文化婚姻、 cross-cultural training跨文化訓練、 a cross-cultural study of how people say sorry關於人怎麼說對不起的跨文化研究。 It它 goes放 in front of a noun在名詞前面。

The word is common in education, business and research writing — companies run cross-cultural training before sending staff abroad, and researchers do cross-cultural studies to see whether something true in one country is true anywhere else.

The word這個詞 in education, business and research writing在教育、商業和研究寫作裡 is common很常見—— companies公司 before sending staff abroad在派員工出國前 run cross-cultural training會辦跨文化訓練， and researchers研究者 do cross-cultural studies會做跨文化研究， to see whether來看看 something true in one country在一個國家成立的事 is true anywhere else在別的地方是不是也成立。

Notice what it does not mean. It does not mean foreign, and it does not mean multicultural. Multicultural describes one place holding many cultures inside it — a multicultural city. Cross-cultural describes the movement or comparison between them — what happens where two cultures touch. So a class with students from ten countries is multicultural; the misunderstanding that happens in that class when a Japanese student's silence is read as disagreement is cross-cultural.

Notice注意 what it does not mean它不是什麼意思。 It它 does not mean不是 foreign外國的， and也 does not mean不是 multicultural多元文化的。 Multicultural describes形容的是 one place一個地方 inside it裡面 holding裝著 many cultures很多文化—— a multicultural city多元文化的城市。 Cross-cultural describes形容的是 between them它們之間的 the movement or comparison移動或比較—— where two cultures touch兩個文化碰在一起的地方 what happens發生的事。 So所以 with students from ten countries一個有來自十個國家學生的 a class班級 is multicultural是 multicultural； in that class在那個班上， when a Japanese student's silence當日本學生的沉默 is read as disagreement被讀成不同意時 that happens發生的 the misunderstanding那個誤會 is cross-cultural是 cross-cultural。

There is also intercultural, used almost the same way, slightly more common in Europe and in teaching; if you learn cross-cultural you can read both. The word usually carries a friendly, curious feeling — it is the vocabulary of people trying to understand each other, not of conflict.

There is also另外還有 intercultural， used almost the same way用法幾乎一樣， in Europe and in teaching在歐洲和教學圈 slightly more common稍微更常見； if you learn cross-cultural你學會 cross-cultural 的話， you can read both兩個就都讀得懂。 The word這個詞 usually通常 carries帶著 a friendly, curious feeling友善、好奇的感覺—— it它 is是 of people trying to understand each other想互相理解的人 the vocabulary用的詞彙， not of conflict不是衝突用的。