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Meaning of 代

Pinyin dài

Radical

亻

Strokes

Definition

substitute / replace / generation / dynasty / geological era / era / age / period

Usage

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代 [dài] 动词（Verb） 1. 替：be in place of; take the place of. 例如：代替 (substitute), 代办 (handle on behalf of), 代销 (act as an agent for), 代序 (replace in sequence), 代表 (represent instead). 2. 为挣钱把活计接到家里做：take in sth. to do. 例如：代洗衣服 (take in laundry); 代饭 (provide meals for group). 3. 托转达：give one's regards to. 例如：请代我们向所有的朋友问好 (Please give our regards to all our friends). 名词（Noun） 1. 父子相继：generation. 2. 这个意义唐以前写作“世”：This meaning was written as “世” before the Tang Dynasty. To avoid the taboo of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, the character was written as “代,” and this usage has persisted. 3. 历史上的某一时期或年代：a certain period or era in history. 例如：古代的雕刻 (ancient sculpture). 4. 时代，历史上的或人类发展方面的一个时期：age, especially in terms of cultural development. 例如：当代 (contemporary). 5. 朝代：dynasty. 例如：唐代 (Tang Dynasty). 6. 特指五个主要地质分代：era. 例如：古生代 (Paleozoic). 7. 代词的省称：pronoun. 8. 中医脉象之一，指脉搏跳动时出现较长的停歇现象：intermittent pulse.

近代史 jìn dài shǐ

modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)

代号 dài hào

code name

夏代 Xià dài

Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC

代孕 dài yùn

surrogate pregnancy

卤代烃 lǔ dài tīng

haloalkane (obtained from hydrocarbon by substituting halogen for hydrogen, e.g. chlorobenzene or the CFCs)

划时代 huà shí dài

epoch-marking

代表性 dài biǎo xìng

representativeness / representative / typical

断代 duàn dài

periodization (of history)

旧石器时代 Jiù shí qì Shí dài

Paleolithic Era

晋代 Jìn dài

Jin Dynasty (265-420)

替代 tì dài

to substitute for / to replace / to supersede

替代品 tì dài pǐn

substitute / alternative

替代性 tì dài xìng

substitutability / vicarism / alternative

无可替代 wú kě tì dài

Irreplaceable

朝代 cháo dài

dynasty / reign (of a king)

末代 mò dài

final generation

代偿 dài cháng

(medical) compensation / to repay a debt or obligation in place of someone else

元代 Yuán dài

the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)

殷代 yīn dài

Yin Dynasty

汉代 Hàn dài

the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

时代 shí dài

age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4]

年代 nián dài

a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4]

现代 xiàn dài

modern times / modern age / modern era

现代化 xiàn dài huà

modernization / CL:個|个[ge4]

古代 gǔ dài

ancient times / olden times

清代 Qīng dài

the Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

明代 Míng dài

the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

代替 dài tì

to replace / to take the place of

唐代 Táng dài

Tang dynasty (618-907)

近代 jìn dài

the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949)

一代 yī dài

generation

历代 lì dài

successive generations / successive dynasties / past dynasties

取代 qǔ dài

to replace / to supersede / to supplant / (chemistry) substitution

代码 dài mǎ

code

代表团 dài biǎo tuán

delegation / CL:個|个[ge4]

宋代 Sòng dài

Song dynasty (960-1279)

代理 dài lǐ

to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate / (computing) proxy

当代 dāng dài

the present age / the contemporary era

代价 dài jià

price / cost / consideration (in share dealing)

代烷 dài wán

Alkane

源代码 yuán dài mǎ

source code (computing)

交代 jiāo dài

to hand over / to explain / to make clear / to brief (sb) / to account for / to justify oneself / to confess / (coll.) to finish

五代 Wǔ dài

Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China

秦代 Qín dài

Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], the first dynasty to rule the whole of China

两代 liǎng dài

Two generations

越俎代庖 yuè zǔ dài páo

lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom); fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs / to take matters into one's own hands

代表 dài biǎo

representative / delegate / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2] / to represent / to stand for / on behalf of / in the name of

世代 shì dài

for many generations / generation / era / age

代表作 dài biǎo zuò

representative work (of an author or artist)

代表大会 dài biǎo dà huì

congress / representative assembly or conference

代课 dài kè

to teach as substitute for absent teacher

代谢 dài xiè

replacement / substitution / metabolism (biol.)

新陈代谢 xīn chén dài xiè

metabolism (biology) / the new replaces the old (idiom)

以工代赈 yǐ gōng dài zhèn

to provide work to relieve poverty

辽代 liáo dài

the Liao dynasty

迭代 dié dài

iteration (math.) / repeated substitution

迭代法 dié dài fǎ

iteration method / iterative method

金代 Jīn dài

Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真[Nu:3 zhen1] people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty

隋代 Suí dài

Sui dynasty (581-617)