代 dài — to take the place of; to substitute
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dài dai4
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
verb
- (形声。小篆字形，从人，弋( yì)声。本义:更迭，代替)
- be in place of;take the place of e.g 代比 · 代茶 · 代馆 · 代运 · 代力
- take in sth. to do
- give one's regards to
noun
- generation
- (这个意义唐以前写作“世”，唐人为避唐太宗李世民之讳，将“世”写成“代”，后人一直沿用)
- date e.g 古代的雕刻
- age
- dynasty e.g 唐代
- era
- pronoun
- intermittent pulse
Related words
- 代表 representative; to represent
- 时代 era; age; times
- 现代 modern; contemporary
- 年代 era; period; decade
- 现代化 modernization; to modernize; modernized
- 当代 the present age/the contemporary era
- 古代 ancient times; antiquity; the past; ancient
- 代替 to replace; to substitute
- 代价 price; cost
- 人民代表大会 the People's Congress (NPC and local congresses)
- 三个代表 the Three Represents (important thought of the CCP)
- 代理 to act as agent; proxy; acting
- 一代 generation
- 替代 to substitute for; to replace; to supersede
- 近代 modern times; recent history; the modern era; contemporary; modern age
- 取代 to replace; to take the place of; to supersede; to substitute
- 代表性 representativeness; typicality
- 交代 hand over/explain/make clear
- 后代 descendants; later generations
- 下一代 the next generation