Chinese words with 代 character meaning (HSK)

代表

DAI4, BIAO3
representative, delegate, to represent, to stand for, on behalf of, in the name of
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代替

DAI4, TI4
instead, to replace, to substitute (X for Y, or a number in an algebraic expression)
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古代

GU3, DAI4
ancient times, olden times
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近代

JIN4, DAI4
modern times
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年代

NIAN2, DAI4
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties), age, era, period
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时代

SHI2, DAI4
age, era, epoch, period
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现代

XIAN4, DAI4
modern times, modern age, modern era
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朝代

CHAO2, DAI4
dynasty, reign (of a king)
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代价

DAI4, JIA4
price, cost, consideration (in share dealing)
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代理

DAI4, LI3
to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position, to act as an agent or proxy, surrogate
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当代

DANG1, DAI4
the present age, the contemporary era
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后代

HOU4, DAI4
posterity, later periods, later ages, later generations
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交代

JIAO1, DAI4
to hand over, to explain, to make clear, to brief (sb), to account for, to justify oneself, to confess, to finish (colloquial)
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历代

LI4, DAI4
successive generations, successive dynasties, past dynasties
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世代

SHI4, DAI4
generation, an era, accumulation of years, passing on from generation to generation
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新陈代谢

XIN1, CHEN2, DAI4, XIE4
metabolism (biology), the new replaces the old (idiom)
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