代
dàiㄉㄞˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: ĐẠI
Traditional: 代
HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 4
Meaning(verb, measure word, noun)
to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
Examples
请代我向你父母问好。
qǐng dài wǒ xiàng nǐ fù mǔ wèn hǎo.
Please say hello to your parents for me.
年轻一代的想法很不一样。
nián qīng yí dài de xiǎng fǎ hěn bù yí yàng.
The younger generation thinks very differently.
这是唐代的诗。
zhè shì táng dài de shī.
This is a poem from the Tang dynasty.
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Stroke order
ĐẠI · 5 strokes
to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
Related words
- 代表 dài biǎo — representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of
- 现代 Xiàn dài — Hyundai, South Korean company
- 代替 dài tì — to replace; to take the place of
- 时代 Shí dài — Time, US weekly news magazine
- 年代 nián dài — a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period
- 古代 gǔ dài — ancient times
- 当代 dāng dài — the present age; the contemporary era
- 近代 jìn dài — the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949)