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古代

gǔ dài

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

古代 (gǔ dài) means "ancient times". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 古代 means

1. ancient times

The characters in 古代

• 古gǔancient; old; paleo-
• 代dàito be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…

Example sentences

• 古代中国没有椅子。
  There were no chairs in ancient China.
• 我父亲对古代历史有兴趣。
  Wǒ fùqīn duì gǔdài lìshǐ yǒuxìngqù.
  My father is interested in ancient history.
• 罗马以其古代建筑而闻名。
  Luómǎ yǐ qí gǔdài jiànzhù ér wénmíng.
  Rome is famous for its ancient architecture.
• 我真想看看古代的世界是怎样的。
  Wǒ zhēn xiǎng kànkan gǔdài de shìjiè shì zěnyàng de.
  I wish I could see the ancient world.
• 古代的探险家用星星来辨别方向。
  Early explorers used the stars for navigation.
• 守宫砂是中国古代用来验证女人贞操的方法.
  Shǒugōng shā shì Zhōngguó gǔdài yònglái yànzhèng nǚrén zhēncāo de fāngfǎ.
  Shougongsha is an old Chinese technique to test a woman's virginity.

Words starting with 古代

• 古代史gǔ dài shǐancient history

Words containing 古代

• 元古代Yuán gǔ dàiProterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago)
• 太古代Tài gǔ dàiArchaeozoic (geological era before 2500m years ago)

Where 古代 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Festivals, Traditions & Cultural History (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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