交代

jiāodài

to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth)

HSK 3.0 · Level 5 HSK 2.0 · Level 6 verbverb / noun

Meaning

jiāodài jiao1 dai4

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
(jocular) to come to a bad end

Example sentences

bǎ把mǎlì玛丽jiāodài交代nǐ你qù去zuò做de的shì事gàosù告诉tāngmǔ汤姆。

Tell Tom what Mary asked you to do.

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