- 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
Characters
- 交 (交): to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; (of lines) to intersect; variant of 跤[jiao1]
- 代 (代): to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
Resources
- Wiktionary: 交代
- MDBG: 交代
- Examples with 交代 on Tatoeba
Examples
把玛丽交代你去做的事告诉汤姆。