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代表

dài biǎo

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 位、个、名

代表 (dài biǎo) means "representative; to represent". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 代表 means

1. representative
2. delegate
3. to represent
4. to stand for
5. on behalf of
6. in the name of

The characters in 代表

• 代dàito be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…
• 表biǎoexterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion)

Example sentences

• 绿色代表希望。
  Green stands for hope.
• 这条线代表经度。
  This line represents the longitude.
• UN代表联合国。
  UN stands for the United Nations.
• 几位代表不同意。
  Several delegates disagreed.
• 月亮代表我的心。
  The moon knows how much I love you.
• 翻译不代表认可。
  A translation is not an endorsement.

Words starting with 代表

• 代表团dài biǎo tuándelegation
• 代表性dài biǎo xìngrepresentativeness; representative; typical
• 代表作dài biǎo zuòrepresentative work (of an author or artist)
• 代表人物dài biǎo rén wùrepresentative individual (of a school of thought)
• 代表队dài biǎo duìdelegation
• 代表处dài biǎo chùrepresentative office

Words containing 代表

• 三个代表Sān gè Dài biǎothe Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang…
• 人民代表rén mín dài biǎodeputy to the People's Congress
• 全权代表quán quán dài biǎoplenipotentiary; fully authorized representative
• 法定代表人fǎ dìng dài biǎo rén(law) legal representative of a corporation…
• 全国代表大会quán guó dài biǎo dà huìnational general congress; Communist party national congress, in recent times every five…
• 地质年代表dì zhì nián dài biǎogeological time scale
• 首席代表shǒu xí dài biǎochief representative
• 全国人民代表大会Quán guó Rén mín Dài biǎo Dà huìNational People's Congress (NPC)
• 全国人民代表大会常务委员会Quán guó Rén mín Dài biǎo Dà huì Cháng wù Wěi yuán huìStanding Committee of the National People's Congress
• 世界维吾尔代表大会Shì jiè Wéi wú ěr Dài biǎo Dà huìWorld Uighur Congress

Sounds the same

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

• 戴表to wear a watch; homophone for 代表

Where 代表 is taught

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

Go deeper

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