交代

交代 jiāodài in a sentence

Hand over (explain - instruct)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

交代 (jiāodài) means Hand over (explain - instruct). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他把工作 交代 给了同事。

Tā bǎ gōngzuò jiāodài gěi le tóngshì.

He handed his work over to a colleague.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 交代

请你 交代 清楚当时的情况。

Qǐng nǐ jiāodài qīngchu dāngshí de qíngkuàng.

Please give a clear account of what happened at the time.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 交代

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How is 交代 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 交代 (jiāodài, "Hand over (explain - instruct)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 交代 an HSK word?

Yes — 交代 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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