年代

Character by character

• 年nián6 strokesHSK 1year; new-years; person's age
• 代dài5 strokesHSK 3replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation

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Words with the same characters

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

• 年niánHSK 1

  grain; harvest (old); variant of 年

• 代表dài biǎoHSK 3

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

• 今年jīn niánHSK 1

  this year

• 去年qù niánHSK 1

  last year

• 年轻nián qīngHSK 2

  young

• 时代shí dàiHSK 3

  age; era; epoch; period (in one's life)

• 代dàiHSK 3

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

• 年龄nián língHSK 5

  (a person's) age

• 明年míng niánHSK 1

  next year

• 现代xiàn dàiHSK 3

  modern times; modern age; modern era

• 当年dāng niánHSK 5

  in those days; then; in those years; during that time

• 代价dài jiàHSK 5

  price; cost; consideration (in share dealing)

• 新年xīn niánHSK 1

  New Year

• 年纪nián jìHSK 3

  age

• 青年qīng niánHSK 2

  youth; youthful years; young person; the young

• 周年zhōu niánHSK 2

  anniversary; annual

• 年度nián dùHSK 5

  year (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual

• 少年shào niánHSK 2

  early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man

• 代理dài lǐHSK 5

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

• 青少年qīng shào niánHSK 2

  adolescent; youth; teenager

• 代替dài tìHSK 4

  to replace; to take the place of

• 多年duō niánHSK 4

  many years; for many years; longstanding

• 取代qǔ dàiHSK 7

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

• 童年tóng niánHSK 4

  childhood