# 交代
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiāodài
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄉㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau$^1$ doi$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kâu-thai / kâu-tai
    (Hailu, HRS): gau$^ˋ$ dai$^ˇ$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gao$^1$ dai$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kau-tài / kau-tāi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gao$^1$ dai$^3$
* 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: chiao$^1$-tai$^5$
*** Yale: jyāu-dai
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau.day
*** Palladius: цзяодай (czjaodaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d̥aɪ̯²/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$交代 交待 膠帶 / 胶带 膠袋 / 胶袋
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaau$^1$ doi$^6$
*** Yale: gāau doih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaau$^1$ doi$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gao$^1$ doi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːu̯⁵⁵ tɔːi̯²²/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$交代 交待 膠袋 / 胶袋
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu-thai / kâu-tai
*** Hakka Romanization System: gau$^ˊ$ tai / gau$^ˊ$ dai
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gau$^1$ tai$^4$ / gau$^1$ dai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵/, /kau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ tai̯⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâu-tai
*** Hakka Romanization System: gau$^ˊ$ dai
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gau$^1$ dai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ tai̯⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gau$^ˋ$ dai$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau⁵³ tai¹¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gao$^1$ dai$^5$ [Phonetic: gao$^2$ lai$^5$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gau-dāi
*** Sinological IPA : /kau⁵³³⁻¹³ $^{(t-)}$lai²¹/
* 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: gao$^1$ dai$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kau tài
*** Sinological IPA : /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
       Wǒ jīntiān shì bù shì jiùyào jiāodài zài zhèlǐ le? [Pinyin]
       Am I going to die here today?

#### Synonyms

* (to hand over):
* 交出 (jiāochū)
* 移交 (yíjiāo)
* 轉交 / 转交 (zhuǎnjiāo)
* (to explain):
* 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):
* 交帶 / 交带 (gaau$^1$ daai$^3$) (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):
* 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):
* 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 (jie$^2$ juo$^2$) (Sichuanese)
* 罷 / 罢

#### 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)

### References

* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “交代”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
* “交代”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* “Entry #1469”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.

## 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)
* relief
* alternation

#### 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

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 ||||