代
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
时代变了。
Times have changed.
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