代 dài

1. dài verb to represent; to substitute; to replace
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 替代 (Guoyu '代' v 1; Unihan '代')
2. dài noun dynasty
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 朝代 (Guoyu '代' n 1)
3. dài measure word generation
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (Guoyu '代' n 3)
4. dài noun generation; age; period; era
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: In the sense of 年代 (Guoyu '代' n 2; Unihan '代')
5. dài verb to exchange; to swap; to switch
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 代 is synonymous with 交换 in this sense.
6. dài noun a successor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 继任的人 (Guoyu '代' n 4)
7. dài proper noun Dai
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: State 国
   Notes: One of the 五胡十六國 Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people; a Xianbei state (Guoyu '代' n 5; Wikipedia '代 (十六国)')
8. dài proper noun Dai
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '代' n 6)
9. dài verb to alternate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 交替 (Guoyu '代' v 2)
10. dài verb to succeed
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 继承 (Guoyu '代' v 3)
11. dài adverb alternating
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '代' adv)

Contained in

• 地质年代表(地質年代表) geological time scale
• 近代 modern times ; modern Chinese history
• 新生代 Cenozoic
• 人民代表 deputy to the People's Congress
• 全权代表(全權代表) a plenipotentiary (representative)
• 工业现代化(工業現代化) modernization of industry
• 代驾(代駕) to drive a vehicle for its owner
• 代数群(代數群) algebraic group
• 更代 substitution; replacing former general; change of leader
• 后现代主义(後現代主義) postmodernism
• 代言人 spokesperson
• 代收 to receive on another's behalf
• 当代新儒家(當代新儒家) Contemporary New Confucianism
• 年代学(年代學) chronology (the science of determining the dates of past events)
• 传宗接代(傳宗接代) to carry on one's ancestral line
• 李代桃僵 the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree; to substitute one thing for another
• 股票代号(股票代號) ticker symbol (to identify share coupon)
• 药代动力学(藥代動力學) pharmacokinetics
• 代劳(代勞) to do something in place of somebody else
• 代数数域(代數數域) algebraic number field
• 科学技术现代化(科學技術現代化) modernization of science and technology
• 初等代数(初等代數) elementary algebra
• 代表 representative ; a delegate ; to represent
• 树轮年代学(樹輪年代學) dendrochronology
• 以言代法，以权压法(以言代法，以權壓法) to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it; completely lawless behavior
• 代办(代辦) to act for somebody else ; an agent; a diplomatic representative
• 代代 from generation to generation; generation after generation
• 代数几何学(代數幾何學) algebraic geometry
• 上代 previous generation
• 硫代硫酸钠(硫代硫酸鈉) sodium hyposulfide; sodium thiosulfate
• 更新换代(更新換代) reform and renewal; generational change
• 万代(萬代) many ages ; Bandai toy company
• 历代志上(歷代志上) First book of Chronicles
• 证券代销(證券代銷) proxy sale of securities
• 亲代(親代) parent's generation; previous generation
• 代序 to take over in succession
• 朝代 dynasty
• 旧时代(舊時代) former times; the olden days
• 换代(換代) change of dynasties; to pass on to the next generation; new product (in advertising)
• 新陈代谢(新陳代謝) metabolism

Also contained in

马尔代夫 、 岭外代答 、 新石器时代 、 代码片断 、 清代 、 代州 、 晋代 、 全国人民代表大会 、 现代艺术博物馆 、 全国人民代表大会常务委员会 、 历代名画记

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• 卷九十七　列傳第八十五:　西域 Volume 97 Biographies 85: Western Region History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 54
• 卷102 西域 Volume 102: Western Regions Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 53
• 卷二十九　燕一 Chapter 29: Yan I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 49
• 卷二十五 志第五: 禮儀五 Volume 25 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 47
• 卷三十　燕二 Chapter 30: Yan II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 44
• 《趙世家》 House of Zhao Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 34
• 卷二十五　列傳第十三:　古弼 張黎 劉潔 丘堆 娥清 伊珝 乙瑰 周幾 豆代田 車伊洛 王洛兒 車路頭 盧魯元 陳建 來大干 宿石 萬安國 周觀 尉撥 陸真 呂洛拔 薛彪子 尉元 慕容白曜 和其奴 苟頹 宇文福 Volume 25 Biographies 13: Gu Bi, Zhang Li, Liu Jie, Qiu Dui, E Qing, Yi Xu, Yi Gui, Zhou Ji, Dou Daitian, Che Yiluo, Wang Luo'er, Che Lutou, Lu Luyuan, Chen Jian, Lai Dagan, Su Shi, Wan Anguo, Zhou Guan, Wei Bo, Lu Zhen, Lu Luoba, Xue Biaozi, Wei Yuan, Murong Baiyao, He Qinu, Guo Tui, Yu Wenfu History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 29
• 卷八十七 西羌傳 Volume 87: Treatise on the Western Qiang Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 28
• 卷二百五十七 列傳第一百四十五 張鶴鳴 董漢儒 趙彥 王洽 梁廷棟 熊明遇 張鳳翼 陳新甲 馮元飇 Volume 257 Biographies 145: Zhang Heming, Dong Hanru, Zhao Yan, Wang Qia, Liang Tingdong, Xiong Mingyu, Zhang Fengyi, Chen Xinjia, Feng Yuanbiao History of Ming 明史 — count: 25
• 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 25

Collocations

• 代哭 (代哭) 乃官代哭 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites — count: 6
• 代胁 (代脅) 代胁一 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 少牢馈食礼 第十六 16. Rites of the secondary pen victim food offering — count: 6
• 燕代 (燕代) 以利燕代胡貉與西河之民 — Mozi 墨子, 卷四 兼愛中 Book 4 - Universal Love II — count: 6
• 苏代 (蘇代) 故蘇代非齊王 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說右下第三十五 Chapter 35: A Collection of Sayings VI — count: 5
• 足以代 (足以代) 祿足以代其耕也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 4
• 代人 (代人) 代人忘其難得 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重戊第八十四 Chapter 84: Weight V — count: 4
• 四代 (四代) 四代之樂器也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《明堂位》 The Places in the Hall of Distinction — count: 3
• 请代 (請代) 請代 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
• 代子 (代子) 使子張代子良于楚 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
• 代御 (代禦) 代御執轡 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3