转告

轉告

zhuǎngào

verb HSK 4 #6,502

Meanings

To pass on a message to someone else.

请转告他明天开会。

Qǐng zhuǎngào tā míngtiān kāihuì.

Please tell him there's a meeting tomorrow.

我会把你的话转告给她。

Wǒ huì bǎ nǐ de huà zhuǎngào gěi tā.

I'll relay your words to her.

请帮我转告一下。

Qǐng bāng wǒ zhuǎngào yíxià.

Please help me pass on a message.

grammar

Pattern: 请转告 + person + message. Or: 把…转告给… (relay … to …). A polite way to ask someone to be a messenger.

usage

转告 is more formal than simply saying 告诉他 (tell him). It specifically implies passing a message through an intermediary.

转 zhuǎn

告 gào