dài

to substitute; to replace; to act on behalf of others

HSK 5 #174

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 174th character
Radical ⼈ (9.3)
Strokes 5
Index # 271

Definitions

代 dài
  1. 1. to substitute
  2. 2. to replace
  3. 3. to act on behalf of others
  4. 4. generation
  5. 5. period
  6. 6. age
  7. 7. dynasty
  8. 8. (historical) era
  9. 9. (geological) eon

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Words containing 代

Word Meaning
to teach as substitute for absent teacher
substitute; alternative
to substitute for sb; to remove and replace
algebra
replacement; substitution; metabolism (biol.)
modernization
agent
representative work (of an author or artist)
pronoun; synonym; byword
delegation
handed down through generations
representativeness; representative; typical
to do sth in place of sb else
delegation
the Maldives
generation gap
modern man; Homo sapiens
golden age
for many generations
Dayton (city in Ohio)
to carry on one's ancestral line
to take matters into one's own hands
passed down from generation to generation
pronoun
epoch-marking