Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

交代

jiāodài

ㄐㄧㄠ ㄉㄞˋ

  1. 1to transfer (duties to sb else)
  2. 2to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth)
  3. 3to explain; to give an account; to brief
  4. 4to confess; to account for oneself
  5. 5(jocular) to come to a bad end
Example

把瑪麗交代你去做的事告訴湯姆。

bǎ Mǎlì jiāodài nǐ qù zuò de shì gàosù Tāngmǔ

Tell Tom what Mary asked you to do.

Keep 交代 and it comes back until you know it.

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