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交给

jiāo gěi · jiao gei

Traditional 交給

HSK 2

Meaning

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  1. to give; to deliver; to hand over
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Leave it to me

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)要(yào)出门(chūmén)三(sān)天(tiān)，花(huā)谁(shéi)来(lái)浇(jiāo)？

    I will be away for three days. Who will water the flowers?

  2. Dengdeng

    交给(jiāogěi)我(wǒ)吧(ba)！

    Leave it to me!

  3. Liangliang

    太好了(tàihǎole)，钥匙(yàoshi)交给(jiāogěi)你(nǐ)。

    Great, I will hand you the key.

  4. Dengdeng

    放心(fàngxīn)去(qù)吧(ba)！

    Do not worry, go!

  5. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)回来(huílai)了(le)！花(huā)怎么样(zěnmeyàng)了(le)？

    I am back! How are the flowers?

  6. Dengdeng

    花(huā)很(hěn)好(hǎo)。我(wǒ)又(yòu)把(bǎ)它们(tāmen)交给(jiāogěi)邻居(línjū)了(le)。

    The flowers are fine. I handed them over to the neighbour again.

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2 examples
01

任(rèn)何(hé)工(gōng)作(zuò)你(nǐ)都(dōu)可(kě)以(yǐ)放(fàng)心(xīn)的(de)交(jiāo)给(gěi)他(tā)。

You can trust him with any job.

Tatoeba: Chinese by wangzi0921 · English by CH · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

接(jiē)下(xià)来(lái)该(gāi)采(cǎi)取(qǔ)什(shén)么(me)行(xíng)动(dòng)就(jiù)交(jiāo)给(gěi)你(nǐ)了(le)。

I leave it in your hands what course of action to take.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Swift · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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交
jiāo

to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends

给
gěi

to; for

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