交代

Chinese

		to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad. (交代)		交	代
alternative forms		交待

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāodài

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠㄉㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ doi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâu-thai / kâu-tai
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kau-tài / kau-tāi

(Teochew, Peng'im): gao¹ dai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāodài → jiāodai (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠㄉㄞˋ → ㄐㄧㄠ ˙ㄉㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiaodåi
  - Wade–Giles: chiao¹-tai⁵
  - Yale: jyāu-dai
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau.day
  - Palladius: цзяодай (czjaodaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d̥aɪ̯²/
  - Homophones:
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    交代
    交待
    膠帶／胶带
    膠袋／胶袋
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaau¹ doi⁶
  - Yale: gāau doih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ doi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ doi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ tɔːi̯²²/
  - Homophones:
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    交代
    交待
    膠袋／胶袋
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu-thai
  - Hakka Romanization System: gau^ˊ tai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gau¹ tai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu-tai
  - Hakka Romanization System: gau^ˊ dai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gau¹ dai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ tai̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-tài
  - Tâi-lô: kau-tài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kau'daix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kau³³ tai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ tai¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² tai²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ tai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-tāi
  - Tâi-lô: kau-tāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kau'dai
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ tai³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gao¹ dai³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kau tài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³³⁻²³ tai²¹³/

Verb

交代

to hand over
to explain; to brief; to make clear; to tell about
to ask (someone to do something); to order
to confess
to finish; to complete
我今天是不是就要交代在這裡了？ [MSC, trad.]
我今天是不是就要交代在这里了？ [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ jīntiān shì bù shì jiùyào jiāodài zài zhèlǐ le? [Pinyin]
Am I going to die here today?

Synonyms

(to hand over):

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交出 (jiāochū)
移交 (yíjiāo)
轉交／转交 (zhuǎnjiāo)

(to explain):

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介紹／介绍 (jièshào) (a situation)
分解 (fēnjiě)
拆白 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
拆破 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
解說／解说 (jiěshuō)
解釋／解释 (jiěshì)
訓／训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds, meanings of words)
說／说
說明／说明 (shuōmíng)
說解／说解 (shuōjiě) (literary)
講明／讲明 (jiǎngmíng)
講解／讲解 (jiǎngjiě)
開釋／开释 (kāishì) (literary)
闡明／阐明 (chǎnmíng)
闡發／阐发 (chǎnfā)
闡說／阐说 (chǎnshuō)
闡論／阐论 (chǎnlùn) (literary)
闡釋／阐释 (chǎnshì)
陳／陈 (chén) (literary, or in compounds)

(to ask someone to do something):

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交帶／交带 (gaau¹ daai³) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
付囑／付嘱 (fùzhǔ) (obsolete)
叮嚀／叮咛 (dīngníng)
叮囑／叮嘱 (dīngzhǔ)
吩咐 (fēnfù)
囑咐／嘱咐 (zhǔfù)
招呼 (zhāohū)
讓／让 (ràng)

(to confess):

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供認／供认 (gòngrèn) (one's crimes)
坦白 (tǎnbái)
承認／承认 (chéngrèn)
招
招供 (zhāogòng) (one's crimes)
招認／招认 (zhāorèn) (one's crimes)
自供 (zìgòng)
自白 (zìbái)

(to finish):

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了卻／了却 (liǎoquè)
了斷／了断 (liǎoduàn)
了結／了结 (liǎojié)
告終／告终 (gàozhōng)
完了 (wánliǎo)
完畢／完毕 (wánbì)
完結／完结 (wánjié)
收兵 (shōubīng) (figurative)
收場／收场 (shōuchǎng)
收束 (shōushù)
煞 (Hokkien)
煞事 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds)
結／结
結束／结束 (jiéshù)
結絕／结绝 (jiéjué) (literary)
結腳／结脚 (jie² juo²) (Sichuanese)
罷／罢

Japanese

Kanji in this term
交	代
こう Grade: 2	たい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
交替

Noun

交(こう)代(たい) • (kōtai)

Derived terms

交代で (kōtai de): alternately, by turns
交代員 (kōtaiin): shift
交代制 (kōtaisei): shift system
交代トラック (kōtai torakku): alternate track
交代パス (kōtai pasu): alternate path
交代勤務 (kōtai kinmu): shift work
交代作業 (kōtai sagyō): working in shifts
交代操業 (kōtai sōgyō): working in shifts
交代投手 (kōtai tōshu): relief pitcher
核相交代 (kakusō kōtai): alternation of nuclear phases
勤務交代 (kinmu kōtai): change of shifts
参覲交代 (sankin-kōtai): official attendance service
参勤交代 (sankin-kōtai): daimyo's alternating Edo residence
新旧交代 (shinkyū kōtai): replacing the old with the new
政権交代 (seiken kōtai): change of government, regime change
世代交代 (sedai kōtai): alternation of generations
超越交代 (chōetsu kōtai): passage of lines
物質交代 (busshitsu kōtai): substance metabolism
エネルギー交代 (enerugī kōtai): energy metabolism
リーダー交代 (rīdā kōtai): leadership change

Verb

交(こう)代(たい)する • (kōtai suru) suru (stem 交(こう)代(たい)し (kōtai shi), past 交(こう)代(たい)した (kōtai shita))

to relieve, to relieve a person
to take turns, to alternate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "交代する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	交代し	こうたいし	kōtai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	交代し	こうたいし	kōtai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	交代する	こうたいする	kōtai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	交代する	こうたいする	kōtai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	交代すれ	こうたいすれ	kōtai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	交代せよ¹ 交代しろ²	こうたいせよ¹ こうたいしろ²	kōtai seyo¹ kōtai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	交代される	こうたいされる	kōtai sareru
Causative	交代させる交代さす	こうたいさせるこうたいさす	kōtai saseru kōtai sasu
Potential	交代できる	こうたいできる	kōtai dekiru
Volitional	交代しよう	こうたいしよう	kōtai shiyō
Negative	交代しない	こうたいしない	kōtai shinai
Negative continuative	交代せず	こうたいせず	kōtai sezu
Formal	交代します	こうたいします	kōtai shimasu
Perfective	交代した	こうたいした	kōtai shita
Conjunctive	交代して	こうたいして	kōtai shite
Hypothetical conditional	交代すれば	こうたいすれば	kōtai sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

交代

Contents

Chinese

Pronunciation

Verb

Synonyms

See also

Japanese

Noun

Derived terms

Verb

Conjugation