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

• 代替父母 in place of parents; in loco parentis
• 近代 modern times ; modern Chinese history
• 抽象代数(抽象代數) abstract algebra
• 工业现代化(工業現代化) modernization of industry
• 代数(代數) algebra
• 股票代号(股票代號) ticker symbol (to identify share coupon)
• 高维代数簇(高維代數簇) higher dimensional algebraic variety
• 线性代数(線性代數) linear algebra
• 日据时代(日據時代) the era of Japanese occupation
• 世代交替 alternation of generations
• 代理人 agent
• 年代学(年代學) chronology (the science of determining the dates of past events)
• 新一代 new generation
• 代书(代書) to write for somebody else; a lawyer who writes legal documents for his clients ; a lawyer who writes legal documents for his clients
• 代劳(代勞) to do something in place of somebody else
• 国防现代化(國防現代化) modernization of national defense
• 传代(傳代) to pass to the next generation
• 证券代销(證券代銷) proxy sale of securities
• 代倩 on bahalf of
• 四个现代化(四個現代化) Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations ; Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology
• 代数几何学(代數幾何學) algebraic geometry
• 替代燃料 alternative fuel
• 年代 decade ; an age; an era; a period
• 旧石器时代(舊石器時代) Paleolithic; old stone age ; Paleolithic Era
• 代理商 an agent
• 代数方程(代數方程) algebraic equation; polynomial equation
• 全权代表(全權代表) a plenipotentiary (representative)
• 古代哲学(古代哲學) ancient philosophy
• 卤代烃(鹵代烴) haloalkane (obtained from hydrocarbon by substituting halogen for hydrogen, e.g. chlorobenzene or the CFCs)
• 逻辑代数(邏輯代數) Boolean algebra
• 替代品 a substitute good
• 代行 to act as a substitute; to act on somebody's behalf
• 代写(代寫) to write as substitute for; to plagiarize
• 代语(代語) synonym between dialects ; a replacement answer
• 指示代名词(指示代名詞) demonstrative pronoun

Also contained in

五代时期 、 隋代 、 中国共产党第十六次全国代表大会 、 代顿 、 国家代码 、 恶意代码 、 末代皇帝 、 代尔夫特 、 五代十国 、 元代 、 唐代 、 金代 、 中国唐代文学学会 、 六朝时代 、 战国时代 、 春秋时代

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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
• 卷二十五 志第五: 禮儀五 Volume 25 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 52
• 卷二十九　燕一 Chapter 29: Yan I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 49
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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