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一代

yī dài

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

一代 (yī dài) means "generation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 一代 means

1. an era; an age; a generation

The characters in 一代

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 代dàito be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…

Example sentences

• 他是下一代人的领袖。
  He's the leader of the next generation.
• 我父母那一代经历过战争。
  Wǒ fùmǔ nà yīdài jīnglì guo zhànzhēng.
  My parents' generation went through the war.
• 有人说新一代的人很冷漠。
  Yǒurén shuō xīnyīdài de rén hěn lěngmò.
  It is said that the younger generation today is apathetic.
• 我们应当把文化传承到下一代。
  Wǒmen yīngdāng bǎ wénhuà chuánchéng dào xiàyīdài.
  We should pass on our culture to the next generation.
• 我对我们的下一代愈来愈有信心了。
  Wǒ duì wǒmen de xiàyīdài yùláiyù yǒu xìnxīn le.
  My faith in the next generation is increasing.
• 神话和传说应该一代一代的传承下去。
  Shénhuà hé chuánshuō yīnggāi yīdài yīdài de chuánchéng xiàqù.
  Myths and legends should be handed down from generation to generation.

Words starting with 一代

• 一代不如一代yī dài bù rú yī dàito be getting worse with each generation

Words containing 一代

• 新一代xīn yī dàinew generation
• 下一代xià yī dàithe next generation
• 千禧一代Qiān xǐ Yī dàiGeneration Y; Millennial Generation

Sounds the same

Read yī dài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 一带region; area
• 衣袋pocket (in a garment)
• 衣带belt; sash; (literary) attire

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yī dài correctly.
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