交代

jiāo dài

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself

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Characters

交jiāoto connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix六乂代dàiera, generation; to substitute for, to replace亻弋

Examples

把玛丽交代你去做的事告诉汤姆。

bǎ Mǎ lì jiāo dài nǐ qù zuò de shì gào su Tāng mǔ。

Tell Tom what Mary asked you to do.