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代

dài

replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation

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Example sentences

  • 时代在变化。

    Shí dài zài biàn huà

    Times are changing.

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  • 我是你的代理人。

    Wǒ shì nǐ de dài lǐ rén

    I'm your deputy.

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  • 我想代替他。

    Wǒ xiǎng dài tì tā

    I want to replace him.

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  • 代我向你家人问好。

    Dài wǒ xiàng nǐ jiā rén wèn hǎo

    Please remember me to all your family.

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Words containing 代

  • 代表dài biǎo 4–3 representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of
  • 时代shí dài 2–4 age; era; epoch; period (in one's life)
  • 年代nián dài 2–4 a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period
  • 代dài 4to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
  • 现代xiàn dài 4–4 modern times; modern age; modern era
  • 古代gǔ dài 3–4 ancient times
  • 现代化xiàn dài huà 4–4–4modernization
  • 代表团dài biǎo tuán 4–3–2delegation
  • 代替dài tì 4–4 to replace; to take the place of
  • 替代tì dài 4–4 to substitute for; to replace; to supersede
  • 近代jìn dài 4–4 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)
  • 代价dài jià 4–4 price; cost; consideration (in share dealing)