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代

dài

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 5 Character

代 (dài) means "to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 代 means

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

Example sentences

• 我想代替他。
  I want to replace him.
• 时代在变化。
  Times are changing.
• 你无可取代。
  You're irreplaceable.
• 源代码有没有？
  Yuándàimǎ yǒuméiyǒu?
  Do you have the source code?
• 绿色代表希望。
  Green stands for hope.
• 代我问候你妈妈。
  Dài wǒ wènhòu nǐ māma.
  Say hello to your mum for me.

Words starting with 代

• 代表dài biǎorepresentative; delegate; to represent
• 代替dài tìto replace; to take the place of
• 代价dài jiàprice; cost; consideration (in share dealing)
• 代理dài lǐto act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy; surrogate
• 代码dài mǎcode
• 代表团dài biǎo tuándelegation
• 代表性dài biǎo xìngrepresentativeness; representative; typical
• 代词dài cípronoun
• 代理人dài lǐ rénagent
• 代表作dài biǎo zuòrepresentative work (of an author or artist)
• 代言dài yánto be a spokesperson; to be an ambassador (for a brand); to endorse
• 代言人dài yán rénspokesperson
• 代号dài hàocode name
• 代理商dài lǐ shāngagent
• 代为dài wéito do sth on behalf of sb else
• 代名词dài míng cípronoun; synonym; byword
• 代数dài shùalgebra
• 代谢dài xièreplacement; substitution; metabolism (biol.)
• 代表人物dài biǎo rén wùrepresentative individual (of a school of thought)
• 代课dài kèto teach as substitute for absent teacher
• 代办dài bànto act for sb else; to act on sb's behalf; an agent
• 代沟dài gōugeneration gap
• 代步dài bùto get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc); to ride (or drive)…
• 代收dài shōuto receive sth on another's behalf

Words containing 代

• 时代shí dàiage; era; epoch
• 年代nián dàia decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era
• 现代xiàn dàimodern times; modern age; modern era
• 古代gǔ dàiancient times
• 当代dāng dàithe present age; the contemporary era
• 近代jìn dàithe not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades…
• 朝代cháo dàidynasty; reign (of a king)
• 交代jiāo dàito transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth)…
• 后代hòu dàidescendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations
• 历代lì dàisuccessive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties
• 世代shì dàifor many generations; generation; era
• 新陈代谢xīn chén dài xièmetabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom)
• 一代yī dàian era; an age; a generation
• 现代化xiàn dài huàmodernization
• 取代qǔ dàito replace; to supersede; to supplant
• 替代tì dàito substitute for; to replace; to supersede
• 清代Qīng dàiQing dynasty (1644-1911)
• 三个代表Sān gè Dài biǎothe Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang…
• 明代Míng dàithe Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
• 唐代Táng dàiTang dynasty (618–907)
• 现代人xiàn dài rénmodern man; Homo sapiens
• 新一代xīn yī dàinew generation
• 下一代xià yī dàithe next generation
• 宋代Sòng dàiSong dynasty (960-1279)

Sounds the same

Read dài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 带band; belt; girdle
• 戴to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear
• 袋pouch; bag; sack
• 待to wait; to treat; to deal with
• 贷to lend on interest; to borrow; a loan
• 逮(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕
• 怠idle; lazy; negligent
• 黛umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
• 殆(literary) dangerous; perilous; (literary) almost; well-nigh
• 玳tortoise shell; turtle
• 岱Mt Tai in Shandong; same as 泰山
• 埭dam

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dài correctly.
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