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代替

dài tì

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

代替 (dài tì) means "to replace/substitute". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 代替 means

1. to replace; to take the place of

The characters in 代替

• 代dàito be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…
• 替tìto substitute for; to take the place of; to replace

Example sentences

• 我想代替他。
  I want to replace him.
• 用拧檬汁代替醋。
  Use lemon juice instead of vinegar.
• 他代替他的父亲去。
  He went there instead of his father.
• 电视代替了收音机。
  Radio's been replaced by the TV.
• 你会代替我去派对吗？
  Nǐ huì dàitì wǒ qù pàiduì ma?
  Will you go to the party instead of me?
• 你能代替我出席会议吗?
  Can you fill in for me at the meeting?

Words starting with 代替

• 代替者dài tì zhěa substitute; a replacement
• 代替父母dài tì fù mǔin place of sb's parents; in loco parentis (law)

Words containing 代替

• 包办代替bāo bàn dài tìto do everything oneself (idiom); not to allow others in on the act

Where 代替 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Mental & cognitive actions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dài tì correctly.
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