代: to replace; era

 

代 dài

noun | verb
: to substitute; to act on behalf of others
: to replace
: generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon

Kun Reading

代 OR 世 | よ yo

noun
: world; society; age; generation

代 | しろ shiro

noun
: substitution
: material
: price
: margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something
: (Archaism) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.)

代え | かえ kae

noun
: change; alteration; substitute; spare; proxy
: rate of exchange

代り | かわり kawari

noun | no-adjective
: substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing
: stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor
: compensation; exchange; return
: second helping; another cup; seconds
: (Abbreviation) upcoming program

代る | かわる kawaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to succeed; to relieve; to replace
: to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent
: to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch

代り | がわり gawari

suffix
: substitute for …

 Usage:

代代 dai4dai4: from generation to generation; generation after generation
[代々 | よよ yoyo: for generations; hereditary; generation after generation]

代表 dai4biao4: representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of
[だいひょう daihyou: representative; representation; delegation; type; example; model]

代替 dai4ti4: instead; to replace; to substitute (X for Y, or a number in an algebraic expression)
[だいたい daitai: substitution; alternation;
: () alternative; substitute]

無法替代 [无法替代] wu2 fa3 ti4 dai4: irreplaceable

代價[价] dai4jia4: price; cost; consideration (in share dealing)

[代金 | だいきん daikin: price; payment; cost; charge; the money; the bill]

代理 dai4li3: to act on behalf of somebody in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy; surrogate
[だいり dairi: representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney; substitute; alternate; acting (principal, etc.)]

代溝[沟] dai4gou1: generation gap

現[现]代 xian4dai4: contemporary; modern times; modern age; modern era; Hyundai, South Korean company
[現代 | げんだい gendai: nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day]

時[时]代 shi2dai4: age; era; epoch; period (in one’s life); Time, US weekly news magazine
[時代 | じだい jidai: period; epoch; era; age
: the times; those days
: oldness; ancientness; antiquity;
: (Abbreviation) antique; period piece]

黃金時代 [黄金时代] huang2 jin1 shi2 dai4: golden age
 
時代廣場 [时代广场] shi2 dai4 guang3 chang3: Times Square
 
戰國時代 [战国时代] zhan4 guo2 shi2 dai4
: the Warring States period (475-221 BC); Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
 
戦国時代 | せんごくじだい sengoku jidai
: Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE);
: Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); (3) era of vicious competition
 
旧幕時代 | きゅうばくじだい kyuubaku idai
: (yoji) the shogunate period; the days of the shogunate regime

年代 nian2dai4: a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period
[ねんだい nendai: age; era; period; date]

古代 gu3dai4: ancient times; olden times [こだい kodai: ancient times]

交代 jiao1dai4: to hand over; to explain; to make clear; to brief (somebody); to account for; to justify oneself; to confess; to finish (colloquial)
[こうたい koutai: alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)]

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
先代 | せんだい sendai: family predecessor; previous age; previous generation

代々木公園 | よよぎこうえん yoyogi kouen: Yoyogi Park, is a large popular park in Tokyo, Japan, located adjacent to Harajuku Station and Meiji Shrine in Shibuya. On Sundays, it is especially busy as a gathering place for rock music fans, jugglers, comedians, martial arts clubs, cosplayers and other subculture and hobby groups. In spring, thousands of people visit the park to enjoy the cherry blossom during hanami.

不遇時代 | ふぐうじだい fuguu jidai
: (yoji) one’s dark days; the period during which one suffered misfortune and obscurity

飽食時代 | ほうしょくじだい houshoku jidai
: (yoji) current era of excessive eating; era in which there is more than enough food; age of plenty; age of plentiful food

時代と共に歩む | じだいとともにあゆむ jidai to tomo ni ayumu
: to move along with the times

余人をもって代え難い | よじんをもってかえがたい yojin o motte kae gatai
: hard to replace (with other person)

問うは一旦の恥問わぬは末代の恥 | とうはいったんのはじとわぬはまつだいのはじ
tou wa ittan no haji towanu wa matsudai no haji
: Better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never to know
OR
聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは末代の恥 | きくはいっときのはじきかぬはまつだいのはじ
kiku wa ittoki no haji kikanu wa matsudai no haji
: Better to ask in embarrassment, than bear the brunt of shame later. Better ask than go astray.

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
富二代 fu4’er2dai4: the second generation of the rich

代代相傳 [代代相传] dai4 dai4 xiang1 chuan2
: passed on from generation to generation; to hand down

容華絕代 [容华绝代] rong2 hua2 jue2 dai4
: to be blessed with rare and radiant beauty

包辦代替 [包办代替] bao1 ban4 dai4 ti4
: to do everything oneself; not to allow others in on the act

李代桃僵 li3 dai4 tao2 jiang1
: lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree; to substitute one thing for another; to carry the can for sb

絕代佳人 [绝代佳人] jue2 dai4 jia1 ren2
: beauty unmatched in her generation; woman of peerless elegance; prettiest girl ever

越俎代庖 yue4 zu3 dai4 pao2
: lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen; fig. to exceed one’s place and meddle in other people’s affairs; to take matters into one’s own hands

風華絕代 [风华绝代] feng1 hua2 jue2 dai4
: magnificent style unmatched in his generation; peerless talent

富不過三代 [富不过三代] fu4 bu4 guo4 san1 dai4
: wealth never survives three generations

一代不如一代 yi1 dai4 bu4 ru2 yi1 dai4
: to be getting worse with each generation

以言代法，以權壓法 [以言代法，以权压法] yi3 yan2 dai4 fa3 , yi3 quan2 ya1 fa3
: to substitute one’s words for the law and abuse power to crush it; completely lawless behavior. Might makes right.

時代不同，風尚不同 [时代不同，风尚不同] shi2 dai4 bu4 tong2 , feng1 shang4 bu4 tong2
: customs change with time; other times, other manners; O Tempora, O Mores!