代表

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Chinese

substitute; replace; generation
substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
 
surface; exterior; to watch
surface; exterior; to watch; to show; express; an example; a list or table; a meter; a watch; chart; external
 
simp. and trad.
(代表) 		代 表

Pronunciation

Verb

代表

  1. to represent (to stand or act in place of, or be a political representative)
  2. to embody; to represent
  3. on behalf of; in the name of

Synonyms

  • (to embody):

Noun

代表

  1. representative
    請你們選出幾位學生代表來參加。
    请你们选出几位学生代表来参加。
    Qǐng nǐmen xuǎnchū jǐ wèi xuéshēng dàibiǎo lái cānjiā.
    Please select a few student representatives to participate.
  2. delegate
  3. example; model

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Zhuang: daibyauj
  • → Vietnamese: đại biểu

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
代 表
だい
Grade: 3 		ひょう
Grade: 3
goon

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Chinese 代表 (dàibiǎo).

Pronunciation

Noun

代(だい)表(ひょう) • (daihyō) ←だいへう (daifeu)?

  1. a representative, representation, delegation, example
    • 1931, Yuriko Miyamoto, Playful Soviet Children:
      母(かあ)さんは、工(こう)場(じょう)で職(しょく)場(ば)代(だい)表(ひょう)をやっている。
      Kāsan wa, kōjō de shokuba daihyō o yatte iru.
      The mother serves as the representative on the factory floor.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. a typification

Derived terms

Verb

代(だい)表(ひょう)する • (daihyō suru) ←だいへう (daifeu)?suru (stem 代(だい)表(ひょう)し (daihyō shi), past 代(だい)表(ひょう)した (daihyō shita))

  1. to represent, stand for
  2. to typify
    • 1908, Natsume Sōseki, Sanshirō:
      これが日(に)本(ほん)の社(しゃ)会(かい)を代(だい)表(ひょう)しているんだと言(い)う。
      Kore ga Nihon no shakai o daihyō shite iru n da to iu.
      This typifies a Japanese society.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "代表する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 代表し だいひょうし daihyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 代表し だいひょうし daihyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 代表する だいひょうする daihyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 代表する だいひょうする daihyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 代表すれ だいひょうすれ daihyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 代表せよ¹
代表しろ² 		だいひょうせよ¹
だいひょうしろ² 		daihyō seyo¹
daihyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 代表される だいひょうされる daihyō sareru
Causative 代表させる
代表さす 		だいひょうさせる
だいひょうさす 		daihyō saseru
daihyō sasu
Potential 代表できる だいひょうできる daihyō dekiru
Volitional 代表しよう だいひょうしよう daihyō shiyō
Negative 代表しない だいひょうしない daihyō shinai
Negative continuative 代表せず だいひょうせず daihyō sezu
Formal 代表します だいひょうします daihyō shimasu
Perfective 代表した だいひょうした daihyō shita
Conjunctive 代表して だいひょうして daihyō shite
Hypothetical conditional 代表すれば だいひょうすれば daihyō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
代表

Noun

代表 • (daepyo) (hangeul 대표)

  1. hanja form? of 대표 (“representative”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
代表

Noun

代表

  1. chữ Hán form of đại biểu (“representative”).
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