代 (doi6 | dai4) : generation; dynasty; era, period

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

代

doi6

dai4

[1] generation [2] dynasty [3] [n] era; period [4] [v] be a substitute or an equivalent; take place of; replace; replacement (of person or generation) [5] ancient kingdom [6] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 5

Level: 3

Radical: 亻 (#9)

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

代

Don't confuse with:
伐

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

Output this character as a high resolution image

代替 doi6 tai3 dai4 ti4 = to substitute; substitute

世代 sai3 doi6 shi4 dai4 = generation; (for) generations

年代 nin4 doi6 nian2 dai4 = period; era; decade

代表 doi6 biu2 dai4 biao3 = to represent

現代 jin6 doi6 xian4 dai4 = modern times

近代 gan6 doi6 jin4 dai4 = recent times

當代 dong1 doi6 dang1 dai4 = contemporary era

交代 gaau1 doi6 jiao1 dai4 = hand over; explain; justify

委託代理人 wai2 tok3 doi6 lei5 jan4 = proxy, consignee

代名詞 doi6 ming4 ci4 dai4 ming2 ci2 = (lang.) pronoun
See all 123 compounds (CantoDict reports 140 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 代

我哋嗰個年代十七歲粵
We were 17 (years old) back then.
[Lit. We that generation 17 years old]

現代嘅女裝恤衫，露出個乳溝、露出個肚臍，都係已經成為常態咗。粵
Today, it is no longer unusual to have tops for ladies which reveal the cleavage or the navel.

只有懶漢庸才才會留戀那大鍋飯的年代。國
Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/841/]代[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/841/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">代</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 代
Unicode code for this character: U+4EE3 (off-site link)

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the character in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation) Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu^4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
a detailed description of all the meanings
the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)


Characters \| Words \| Sentences \| Chinese Translation \| Chinese Tests \| Forums \| Search Customise CantoDict \| My Vocab Lists \| Useful Reports and Stats \| CantoDict Forum