替 (tai3 | ti4) : replace; substitute

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替

tai3

ti4

[1] [v] take the place of; replace; substitute [2] for; on behalf of [3] [v] decay; decline [4] [v] neglect

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 曰 (#73)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

替

This word has been viewed 7858 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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代替 doi6 tai3 dai4 ti4 = to substitute; substitute

替代 tai3 doi6 ti4 dai4 = to replace; to substitute for

交替 gaau1 tai3 jiao1 ti2 = to replace; to substitute; in turn; alternately

替換 tai3 wun6 ti2 huan4 = to exchange; to interchange; to replace

接替 zip3 tai3 jie1 ti4 = replace, take over (a position or post)

替身 tai3 san1 ti4 shen1 = scapegoat, stand-in, substitute, body double for films

替工 tai3 gung1 ti4 gong1 = temporary substitute worker

兩替 loeng5 tai3 = exchange

替死鬼 tai3 sei2 gwai2 ti4 si3 gui3 = fall guy; scapegoat

代替者 doi6 tai3 ze2 dai4 ti4 zhe3 = a substitute

替槍 tai3 coeng1 ti4 qiang1 = to ghostwrite 粵

替罪羊 tai3 zeoi6 joeng4 ti4 zui4 yang2 = scapegoat, fall guy

可代替 ho2 doi6 tai3 = fungible (lit., "can be substituted")

更替 gang1 tai3 geng1 ti4 = to take over (from one another); to alternate; to replace; to relay

無可替代 mou4 ho2 tai3 doi6 wu2 ke3 ti4 dai4 = cannot be replaced; irreplaceable

替天行道 tai3 tin1 hang4 dou6 ti4 tian1 xing2 dao4 = take retribution into one's own hands; right a wrong (in the place of the authorities)

取替 ceoi2 tai3 qu3 ti4 = replace; exchange for; to substitue for

Showing 1 example containing 替

李連杰都算幾錫身,導演都幫佢搵埋替身啦粵
Jet Li takes pretty good care of himself, his movie director even found a stand-in for him.
[(So that he doesn't have to do the stunts himself.)]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 替
Unicode code for this character: U+66FF (off-site link)

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