代 (dài)
Generation; to replace; to represent.
How 代 is written
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 亻 — human
- Traditional
- 代
- Simplified
- 代 (unchanged)
Components
- 亻 human
- 弋 arrow
Common words using 代
- 代表 dàibiǎo
- representative; delegate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2]
- 古代 gǔdài
- ancient times; olden times
- 年代 niándài
- a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era
- 時代 shídài
- age; era; epoch
- 現代 xiàndài
- Hyundai, South Korean company
- 世代 shìdài
- generation; an era; accumulation of years
- 交代 jiāodài
- to hand over; to explain; to make clear
- 代價 dàijià
- price; cost; consideration (in share dealing)
- 代名詞 dàimíngcí
- pronoun; synonym; byword
- 代替 dàitì
- instead; to replace; to substitute (X for Y, or a number in an algebraic expression)
- 代溝 dàigōu
- generation gap
- 代理 dàilǐ
- to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy; surrogate
代 in a sentence
他代表公司去參加會議。
Tā dàibiǎo gōngsī qù cānjiā huìyì.
“He represents the company to attend the meeting.”
How common is 代?
代 is the 174th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 52.9% of all running text.
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