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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 交代

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
交代 jiāo dài - 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

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 5 7,711 6,036 8,415

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiāo- to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over
- to make friends
- (of lines) to intersect
- variant of 跤[jiao1]
dài- to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute
- generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon

Other Words Containing 交代

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
交代 6 5 7,711 6,036 8,415