交代

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): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ doi⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâu-thai / kâu-tai
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kau-tài / kau-tāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gao¹ dai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāodài → jiāodai (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄉㄞˋ → 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): /t͡ɕjɑʊ̯⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕjɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d̥aɪ̯²/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 交代 交待 膠帶／胶带 膠袋／胶袋

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: gaau¹ doi⁶
    • Yale: gāau doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ tɔːi̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 交代 交待 膠袋／胶袋

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu-thai
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau´ tai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau¹ tai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu-tai
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau´ dai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau¹ dai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ tai̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (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

1. to hand over
2. to explain; to brief; to make clear; to tell about
3. to ask (someone to do something); to order
4. to confess
5. (humorous) to finish; to complete

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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Synonyms of 交代

分解 (fēnjiě) 拆白 (Min Nan) 拆破 (Min Nan) 介紹／介绍 (jièshào) (a situation) 解說／解说 (jiěshuō) 解釋／解释 (jiěshì) 訓／训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds, meanings of words) 說／说 (shuō) 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): 讓／让 (ràng), (Cantonese, Min Nan) 交帶／交带
• (to confess):

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坦白 (tǎnbái) 招 (zhāo) 招供 (zhāogòng) (one's crimes) 自供 (zìgòng)

自白 (zìbái) 供認／供认 (gòngrèn) (one's crimes) 承認／承认 (chéngrèn) 招認／招认 (zhāorèn) (one's crimes)

• (to finish):

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Synonyms of 交代

完了 (wánliǎo) 收束 (shōushù) 了卻／了却 (liǎoquè) 了斷／了断 (liǎoduàn) 了結／了结 (liǎojié) 告終／告终 (gàozhōng) 完畢／完毕 (wánbì)

完結／完结 (wánjié) 收場／收场 (shōuchǎng) 終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds) 結束／结束 (jiéshù) 結絕／结绝 (jiéjué) (literary) 結腳／结脚 (Sichuan)

See also

• 供詞／供词 (gòngcí)
• 供狀／供状 (gòngzhuàng)
• 自白書／自白书 (zìbáishū)
• 自供狀／自供状 (zìgòngzhuàng)

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Japanese

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

Noun

交(こう)代(たい) • (kōtai) 

1. relief
2. alternation

Usage notes

• 交代 is more commonly used than 交替

Alternative forms

• 交替

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))

1. to relieve, to relieve a person
2. to take turns, to alternate

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	交代し	こうたいし	kōtai shi
Continuative (連用形)	交代し	こうたいし	kōtai shi
Terminal (終止形)	交代する	こうたいする	kōtai suru
Attributive (連体形)	交代する	こうたいする	kōtai suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	交代すれ	こうたいすれ	kōtai sure
Imperative (命令形)	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