代
Simplified/traditional character
代 English definition
dài
- to substitute
- to act on behalf of others
- to replace
- generation
- dynasty
- age
- period
- (historical) era
- (geological) eon
dài
- to substitute
- to act on behalf of others
- to replace
- generation
- dynasty
- age
- period
- (historical) era
- (geological) eon
HSK levels
Characters with the same pronunciation
- 垈 : used in place names; Japanese -nuta; Korean -dae;
- 埭 : dam;
- 岱 : Mt Tai in Shandong; same as 泰山;
- 带 : band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise;
- 帯 : Japanese variant of 帶|带;
- 帶 : band
- 待 : to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to;
- 怠 : idle; lazy; negligent; careless;
- 戴 : to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support;
- 殆 : dangerous; perilous; to endanger; almost; probably; only;
- 玳 : tortoise shell; turtle;
- 甙 : glucoside;
- 绐 : to cheat; to pretend; to deceive;
- 艜 : a long narrow vessel with two masts;
- 袋 : pouch; bag; sack; pocket;
- 襶 : untidy (in dress);
- 贷 : to lend on interest; to borrow; a loan; leniency; to make excuses; to pardon; to forgive;
- 迨 : until; while;
- 黛 : umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow;
Words containing 代, by HSK level
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HSK 5 vocabulary list
- 代表 (dài biǎo) : representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of; CL:位[wei4],个, 名[ming2]
- 代替 (dài tì) : instead; to replace; to substitute (X for Y, or a number in an algebraic expression)
- 古代 (gǔ dài) : ancient times; olden times
- 近代 (jìn dài) : modern times
- 年代 (nián dài) : a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; CL:个
- 时代 (shí dài) : age; era; epoch; period; CL:个
- 现代 (xiàn dài) : modern times; modern age; modern era
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HSK 6 vocabulary list
- 朝代 (cháo dài) : dynasty; reign (of a king)
- 代价 (dài jià) : price; cost; consideration (in share dealing)
- 代理 (dài lǐ) : to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy; surrogate
- 当代 (dāng dài) : the present age; the contemporary era
- 后代 (hòu dài) : posterity; later periods; later ages; later generations
- 交代 (jiāo dài) : to hand over; to explain; to make clear; to brief (sb); to account for; to justify oneself; to confess; to finish (colloquial)
- 历代 (lì dài) : successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties
- 世代 (shì dài) : generation; an era; accumulation of years; passing on from generation to generation
- 新陈代谢 (xīn chén dài xiè) : metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom)