(jiāo gěi) - hand over to, give to in Mandarin
jiāogěiTraditional: 交給
HSK 4
#818 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
hand over to, give to
Word origin
交给 means 'to hand over to': 交 (jiāo, 'to hand over, to cross', a pictograph of crossed legs) plus 给 (gěi, 'to give', with 纟the silk radical and 合 hé as phonetic). Together: to pass over to someone.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 交 (jiāo, to hand over) + 给 (gěi, to give: 纟silk + 合 phonetic)
Stroke order
交
给
Examples
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Hand the report over to me.
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I handed the task over to him.
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Please give the money to him.
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Hand the keys over to me.
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Leave this matter for him to handle.
交给 (jiāo gěi) means hand over to, give to. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.
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