交卷

jiāojuàn

verb #47,290

Meanings

1 to hand in an exam paper
2 to submit one's test
3 (figurative) to deliver on an assigned task

Characters

exam paper; scroll

Examples

时间到了，请交卷。

Shíjiān dào le, qǐng jiāojuàn.

Time's up, please hand in your papers.

他第一个交卷。

Tā dì-yī ge jiāojuàn.

He was the first to turn in his exam.

这件事交给他办，三天保证交卷。

Zhè jiàn shì jiāo gěi tā bàn, sān tiān bǎozhèng jiāojuàn.

Give the task to him — he'll deliver within three days, guaranteed.

Tips

usage

交卷 is a verb-object compound (literally 'to hand in [the] paper'); both halves can split — 交了卷 ('handed in [the] paper'). The figurative sense ('deliver on a task') is very common in workplace Chinese.

Stroke Order

交 jiāo

卷 juǎn