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

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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)
代
Don't confuse with: 付
This character was last edited on 28th Jun 2008
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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; contemporary; modern era; modern times; the modern age 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 代詞 doi6 ci4 dai4 ci2 = (lang.) pronoun 時代 si4 doi6 shi2 dai4 = age See all 111 compounds
Showing all 2 examples containing 代只有懶漢庸才才會留戀那大鍋飯的年代。國 edit Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together. 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 edit Today, it is no longer unusual to have tops for ladies which reveal the cleavage or the navel.

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Decimal representation of this word: 代
Unicode code for this character: U+4EE3 (off-site link)

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