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代

dài

HSK 3 · word 1369 of 3,000

Meaning

• to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute
• generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon

Example sentence

The character 代

代 is 亻 beside 弋: one person standing in for another. To substitute — 代替, 代表 a representative — and then a generation standing in for the last: 时代 an era, 古代 antiquity, 现代 the present.

Words containing 代

• 代表 dài biǎo representative
• 代表团 dài biǎo tuán delegation
• 古代 gǔ dài ancient times
• 年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
• 时代 shí dài age
• 现代 xiàn dài modern times
• 代替 dài tì to replace; to take the place of
• 近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past
• 替代 tì dài to substitute for

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