时代

Character by character

• 时shí7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 時time, season; era, age, period
• 代dài5 strokesHSK 3replace, 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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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 时代. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 时候shí houHSK 1

  time; length of time; moment; period

• 时shíHSK 3

  o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period

• 时间shí jiānHSK 1

  time; period

• 小时xiǎo shíHSK 1

  hour

• 当时dāng shíHSK 2

  then; at that time; while

• 同时tóng shíHSK 2

  at the same time; simultaneously

• 代表dài biǎoHSK 3

  representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of

• 年代nián dàiHSK 3

  a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period

• 代dàiHSK 3

  to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon

• 有时yǒu shíHSK 1

  sometimes; now and then

• 时刻shí kèHSK 3

  time; juncture; moment; period of time; constantly; always

• 有时候yǒu shí houHSK 1

  sometimes

• 时尚shí shàngHSK 7

  fashion; fad; fashionable

• 那时nà shíHSK 2

  then; at that time; in those days

• 随时suí shíHSK 2

  at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary

• 时期shí qīHSK 6

  period; phase

• 暂时zàn shíHSK 5

  temporary; provisional; for the time being

• 及时jí shíHSK 3

  timely; at the right time; promptly; without delay

• 时光shí guāngHSK 5

  time; era; period of time

• 现代xiàn dàiHSK 3

  modern times; modern age; modern era

• 平时píng shíHSK 2

  ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime

• 临时lín shíHSK 4

  as the time draws near; at the last moment; temporary; interim; ad hoc

• 代价dài jiàHSK 5

  price; cost; consideration (in share dealing)

• 小时候xiǎo shí houHSK 2

  in one's childhood