代 dài

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Traditional form

代 dài

Contains the radical

亻 rén

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

A man 亻 rén caught 弋 yì by the passing of time

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰亻弋

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 rén represents the meaning and 弋 yì represents the sound.

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 代 dài in different contexts.

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秘书 mìshū 度假 dù jià 时 shí ,谁 shuí 来 lái 代替 dàitì 她 tā ?

Who will double for the secretary while she is on holiday?

最初 zuìchū 粗糙 cūcāo 地 de 刻 kè 在 zài 墓碑 mù bēi 上 shǎng 的 de 骷髅 kū lóu 与 yú 交叉 jiāochā 的 de 大腿骨图形 tú xíng ,已为带 dài 翅膀 chìbǎng 的 de 天使 tiān shǐ 所 suǒ 代替 dàitì .

The skull - and - crossbones crudely carved on the first tombstones was replaced by a winged cherub.

我们 wǒmen 好 hǎo 说 shuì 以 yǐ 小为贵 guì ( 尤其 yóuqí 在 zài 这 zhè 集成电路 jí chéng diàn lù 时代 Shídài ).

Small , we claim , is beautiful ( especially in the age of the microchip ).

他 tā 终于 zhōngyú 算 suàn 出 chū 了 le 这 zhè 道 dào 代数 dài shù 题 Tí 的 de 答 dā 案 àn .

He finally got the answer to the algebra problem.

应该 yīnggāi 注意 zhùyì 的 de 是 shì ,谁 shuí 也 Yě 不 bù 愿 yuàn 代替 dàitì 他 tā 的 de 位置 wèizhi .

It'should be noted that no one would like to take his place.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 代 dài in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
代表 dàibiǎo	delegate	代表 dàibiǎo
时代 Shídài	age	時代
年代 niándài	age	年代 niándài
代 dài	to substitute	代 dài
现代 Xiàndài	modern times	現代
代价 dàijià	price	代價
代替 dàitì	to replace	代替 dàitì
代理 dàilǐ	surrogate	代理 dàilǐ
现代化 xiàn dài huà	modernization	現代化
取代 qǔ dài	to replace	取代 qǔ dài
代码 dài mǎ	code	代碼
替代 tì dài	to replace	替代 tì dài
代表团 dài biǎo tuán	delegation	代表團
古代 gǔdài	ancient times	古代 gǔdài
交代 jiāodài	to hand over	交代 jiāodài
当代 dāngdài	the present age	當代
后代 hòudài	descendant	後代
代理人 dài lǐ rén	agent	代理人 dài lǐ rén
代号 dài hào	code name	代號
现代舞 xiàn dài wǔ	modern dance	現代舞
代言人 dài yán rén	spokesperson	代言人 dài yán rén
代谢 dài xiè	replacement	代謝
一代 yī dài	generation	一代 yī dài
代表性 dài biǎo xìng	representativeness	代表性 dài biǎo xìng
近代 jìndài	the not-very-distant past	近代 jìndài