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Pinyin
dài
Definition
substitute / replace / generation / dynasty / geological era / era / age / period
代
[dài]
1 替。
Replace; substitute.
2 历史上划分的时期。
A period of time in history.
3 世系的辈分。
Generational lineage.
4 姓。
A surname.
1 替:~替。~办。~销。~序。~表。
Replace: replacing; acting for; replacing sales; replacing procedures; replacing forms.
2 历史上划分的时期:时~。世~。古~。近~。现~。当(dāng )~。年~。
Periods in history: current period; generational; ancient period; recent period; modern period; present generation; yearly.
3 世系的辈分:下一~。
Generational lineage: next generation.
4 姓。
A surname.
代
[dài]
〈动〉
Verb
【本义】:更迭,代替
The original meaning: to alternate, to replace.
【造字法】:形声。小篆字形,从人,弋( yì)声。
Character creation: phonogram. Small seal script is composed of the character for person and the sound component for "yì".
1 同本义 ([En.] be in place of; take the place of)
Same original meaning: to replace or take the place of.
2 ([En.] 为挣钱) 把活计接到家里做 ([En.] take in sth. to do)
To undertake tasks at home for income.
3 托转达 ([En.] 思想、感情等) ([En.] give one's regards to)
To convey thoughts or feelings to someone.
代
[dài]
〈名〉
Noun
1 父子相继为“代”、“世代” ([En.] generation)
Generations of a family line.
2 (这个意义唐以前写作“世”,唐人为避唐太宗李世民之讳,将“世”写成“代”,后人一直沿用)
This character was written as "世" before the Tang dynasty, but changed to "代" to avoid the name taboo of Emperor Taizong (Li Shimin).
3 历史上的某一时期或年代 ([En.] date)
A certain period or year in history.
4 时代,历史上的或人类发展,尤指文化发展方面的一个时期 [En.] ([Age])
An era, particularly in cultural development throughout history.
5 朝代 ([En.] dynasty)
Dynasties in history.
6 特指五个主要地质分代 ([En.] era)
Referring specifically to the five major geological eras.
7 ([En.] 语法)∶代词的省称 ([En.] pronoun)
In grammar, a shortened term for pronouns.
8 中医脉象之一,指脉搏跳动时出现较长的停歇现象 ([En.] intermittent pulse)
A type of pulse in Traditional Chinese Medicine indicating a prolonged pause in the heartbeat.
modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)
Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
haloalkane (obtained from hydrocarbon by substituting halogen for hydrogen, e.g. chlorobenzene or the CFCs)
representativeness / representative / typical
periodization (of history)
to substitute for / to replace / to supersede
substitutability / vicarism / alternative
dynasty / reign (of a king)
(medical) compensation / to repay a debt or obligation in place of someone else
the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4]
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4]
modern times / modern age / modern era
modernization / CL:個|个[ge4]
ancient times / olden times
the Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
to replace / to take the place of
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)