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年代
  nin4 doi6   jyutping
  nian2 dai4   pinyin
period; era; decade -- i.e. the nineties = 九十年代


Level: 2   Google Frequency: 9,960,000

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

This word was added by claw on 26th Jul 2004 04:30 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 nin4  -  year
 doi6  -  generation; dynasty; era, period

10 compounds containing this word:

七十年代 - the 1970s (the '70s)
按年代順序 - in chronological order
年代初 - beginning of an age; beginning of a decade
Common Formations:
二十年代 - in the 1920's
四十年代 - in the 1940's
八十年代 - in the 80's
九十年代 - in the 90's
六十年代 - in the 60's
五十年代 - in the 50's
三十年代 - in the 30's

Showing 1 example containing 年代
detail 只有庸才留戀大鍋飯年代
Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.
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