年代
nián dài 2–4
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period
- Characters
- 2
- 年 · 代
- Syllables
- 2
- nián dài
- Frequency
- Common
- corpus count 1,430
Part of speech: n
Character by character
- 年nián6 strokesHSK 1year; new-years; person's age
- 代dài5 strokesHSK 3replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 年代. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 年niánHSK 1
grain; harvest (old); variant of 年
- 代表dài biǎoHSK 3
representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of
- 今年jīn niánHSK 1
this year
- 去年qù niánHSK 1
last year
- 年轻nián qīngHSK 2
young
- 时代shí dàiHSK 3
age; era; epoch; period (in one's life)
- 代dàiHSK 3
to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
- 年龄nián língHSK 5
(a person's) age
- 明年míng niánHSK 1
next year
- 现代xiàn dàiHSK 3
modern times; modern age; modern era
- 当年dāng niánHSK 5
in those days; then; in those years; during that time
- 代价dài jiàHSK 5
price; cost; consideration (in share dealing)
- 新年xīn niánHSK 1
New Year
- 年纪nián jìHSK 3
age
- 青年qīng niánHSK 2
youth; youthful years; young person; the young
- 周年zhōu niánHSK 2
anniversary; annual
- 年度nián dùHSK 5
year (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual
- 少年shào niánHSK 2
early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man
- 代理dài lǐHSK 5
to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy; surrogate; (computing) proxy
- 青少年qīng shào niánHSK 2
adolescent; youth; teenager
- 代替dài tìHSK 4
to replace; to take the place of
- 多年duō niánHSK 4
many years; for many years; longstanding
- 取代qǔ dàiHSK 7
to replace; to supersede; to supplant; (chemistry) substitution
- 童年tóng niánHSK 4
childhood