交代
gaau1 doi6jiao1dai4jiāo dài
English
- to transfer (duties to sb else)
- (noun) 1. Explanation; 2. Elucidation
- 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
- to explain; to make clear
- to account for; to justify oneself
粵語 — Cantonese
- 講清楚一啲人哋有需要知嘅嘢
- 同一啲相關嘅人去解釋一件事，通常同之前做錯嘅嘢有關
Examples
把玛丽交代你去做的事告诉汤姆。
Tell Tom what Mary asked you to do.
Tatoeba · basilhan CC BY
我點同人交代？
How can I account for this to the others?
佢冇交代一聲就走咗。
He went away without explaining anything. ----
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk