Word: 交代 (jiāodài) 交代 dictionary entry jiāodài to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to explain; to confess; to come to a bad end Full dictionary entry for 交代 Example sentences using 交代 2 sentences, showing page 1 of 1. 他向警察交代了自己做的事。 Tā xiàng jǐngchá jiāodài le zìjǐ zuò de shì. He confessed to the police what he had done. 走之前，他把工作交代给了同事。 Zǒu zhīqián, tā bǎ gōngzuò jiāodài gěi le tóngshì. Before leaving, he handed his work over to a colleague.