# 交代 (jiāodài)

In Mandarin Chinese, 交代 (jiāodài) means “to explain; to instruct; to hand over”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to explain; to instruct; to hand over
- Pinyin: jiāodài (jiao1 dai4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 经理离开前把工作都交代清楚了。
  Jīnglǐ líkāi qián bǎ gōngzuò dōu jiāodài qīngchule.
  Before leaving, the manager handed over all the work.

## Characters

- [交](https://hanziro.com/word/jiao-hand-over/) (jiāo): to hand over; to pay
- [代](https://hanziro.com/word/dai-replace/) (dài): to replace; generation

https://hanziro.com/word/jiao-dai-explain/

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