時代

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Chinese

 
o'clock; time; when
o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
 
substitute; replace; generation
substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
trad. (時代)
simp. (时代)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (25) (7)
Final () (19) (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter dzyi dojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑɨ/ /dʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑɨ/ /dəiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑie/ /dɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑɨ/ /dəjH/
Li
Rong
/ʑiə/ /dᴀiH/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭə/ /dɒiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi/ /dʱɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chí dài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
si4 doi6

Noun

時代

  1. times; age; epoch; era; period of time (in history)
    大眾旅遊時代大众旅游时代  ―  dàzhòng lǚyóu shídài  ―  age of mass tourism
    一個時代產物一个时代产物  ―  yīge shídài de chǎnwù  ―  a product of an era
    時代氣息时代气息  ―  shídài qìxī  ―  spirit of the times
    禮樂時代礼乐时代  ―  lǐyuè shídài  ―  age of rites and music (i.e. the Zhou dynasty, especially Western Zhou)
    傳說時代传说时代  ―  chuánshuō shídài  ―  legendary period
    浮躁時代浮躁时代  ―  fúzào de shídài  ―  restless times
    落後時代落后时代  ―  luòhòu yú shídài  ―  to be behind the times
    屬於同一個時代属于同一个时代  ―  shǔyú tóngyīge shídài  ―  to belong to the same period
    一個看臉時代 [MSC, trad.]
    一个看脸时代 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè shì yīge kànliǎn de shídài.
    This is a face-judging era.
    我們一定緊緊跟上這個時代步伐 [MSC, trad.]
    我们一定紧紧跟上这个时代步伐 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen yīdìng yào jǐnjǐn de gēnshàng zhège shídài de bùfá.
    We must keep up with the pace of this era.
  2. period of time in one's life
    少年時代少年时代  ―  shàonián shídài  ―  early youth
    學生時代学生时代  ―  xuéshēng shídài  ―  student days

Synonyms

  • (times):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (時代):

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
だい
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()(だい) (jidai

  1. age, era, period (of time)
    • 1907, 夏目漱石, 野分:
      徳川政府(とくがわせいふ)時代(じだい)じゃあるまいし」と()った。
      Tokugawa seifu no jidai ja aru mai shi” to itta.
      "This isn't the Tokugawa era, after all" he said.
  2. the times, spirit of the age
    • 1909, 夏目漱石, 永日小品:
      これも時代(じだい)のせいだろう。
      Kore mo jidai no sei darō.
      It's another example of the times we live in.
  3. antiquity
  4. a time in one's life, one's days (in college etc.)
    • 1908, 夏目漱石, 坑夫:
      青年(せいねん)(じょう)時代(じだい)だ。
      Seinen wa jō no jidai da.
      Youth is a passionate time in one's life.

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

時代 (sidae) (hangeul 시대)

  1. Hanja form? of 시대 (age, era, period (of time)).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

時代

  1. chữ Hán form of thời đại (age, era, period (of time)).