代 dài era

源How it came to be

A person and a marked stake, side by side. The sense is one thing standing in for another, a substitute, and a generation is what stands in for the one before it.

用用法

• Noun for "era, generation": 时代 (shídài, era), 年代 (niándài, decade), 古代/现代 (gǔdài/xiàndài, ancient/modern times).
• Also a bound verb "to substitute for, act on behalf of": 代 + verb means "do X for someone", e.g. 代买 (dàimǎi, buy something on someone's behalf).
• 代表 (dàibiǎo) extends this to "represent", both as a verb and as the noun "representative".

字含“代”的汉字

• 袋 bag
• 贷 to borrow

词含“代”的词语

• 一代yídàigenerationHSK 5
• 代替dàitìto replaceHSK 5
• 代表dàibiǎorepresentativeHSK 5
• 古代gǔdàiancient timesHSK 5
• 年代niándàia decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)HSK 5
• 时代shídàieraHSK 5
• 现代xiàndàimodern timesHSK 5
• 现代化xiàndàihuàmodernizationHSK 5
• 近代jìndàithe not-very-distant pastHSK 5
• 代价dàijiàpriceHSK 6
• 代理dàilǐto act on behalf ofHSK 6
• 取代qǔdàito replaceHSK 6
• 后代hòudàidescendantHSK 6
• 当代dāngdàithe present ageHSK 6
• 朝代cháodàidynastyHSK 6
• 世代shìdàifor many generationsHSK 8
• 交代jiāodàito transfer (duties to somebody else)HSK 8
• 代号dàihàocode nameHSK 8
• 代理人dàilǐrénagentHSK 8
• 代言dàiyánto be a spokespersonHSK 8
• 划时代huàshídàiepoch-markingHSK 8
• 历代lìdàisuccessive generationsHSK 8
• 取而代之qǔ’érdàizhīto replaceHSK 8
• 新陈代谢xīnchén-dàixièmetabolism (biology)HSK 8