to administer; to manage; to hold in trust or escrow
代号代號dai4 hao4
code name
代价代價dai4 jia4
price; cost; consideration (in share dealing)
代考代考dai4 kao3
to take a test or exam for sb
代课代課dai4 ke4
to teach as substitute for absent teacher
代客泊车代客泊車dai4 ke4 bo2 che1
valet parking
代扣代扣dai4 kou4
to withhold tax (from employee's salary)
代劳代勞dai4 lao2
to do sth in place of sb else
代理代理dai4 li3
to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy; surrogate
代理人代理人dai4 li3 ren2
agent
代理商代理商dai4 li3 shang1
agent
代利斯代利斯dai4 li4 si1
Dallys, Algerian seaport and naval base
代码代碼dai4 ma3
code
代码段代碼段dai4 ma3 duan4
code segment
代码页代碼頁dai4 ma3 ye4
code page
代名词代名詞dai4 ming2 ci2
pronoun; synonym; byword
代拿买特代拿買特dai4 na2 mai3 te4
dynamite (loanword)
代人受过代人受過dai4 ren2 shou4 guo4
to take the blame for sb else; to be made a scapegoat
代入代入dai4 ru4
to substitute into
代收货款代收貨款dai4 shou1 huo4 kuan3
collect on delivery (COD)
代书代書dai4 shu1
to write for sb else; a lawyer who writes legal documents for his clients
代数代數dai4 shu4
algebra
代数簇代數簇dai4 shu4 cu4
algebraic variety (math.)
代数方程代數方程dai4 shu4 fang1 cheng2
algebraic equation; polynomial equation
代数函数代數函數dai4 shu4 han2 shu4
(math.) algebraic function
代数函数论代數函數論dai4 shu4 han2 shu4 lun4
algebraic function theory (math.)
代数和代數和dai4 shu4 he2
algebraic sum
代数基本定理代數基本定理dai4 shu4 ji1 ben3 ding4 li3
fundamental theorem of algebra
代数几何代數幾何dai4 shu4 ji3 he2
algebraic geometry
代数几何学代數幾何學dai4 shu4 ji3 he2 xue2
algebraic geometry
代数结构代數結構dai4 shu4 jie2 gou4
algebraic structure
代数量代數量dai4 shu4 liang4
algebraic quantity
代数曲面代數曲面dai4 shu4 qu1 mian4
algebraic surface
代数曲线代數曲線dai4 shu4 qu1 xian4
algebraic curve
代数群代數群dai4 shu4 qun2
algebraic group (math.)
代数式代數式dai4 shu4 shi4
algebraic formula
代数数域代數數域dai4 shu4 shu4 yu4
algebraic number field (math.)
代数拓扑代數拓撲dai4 shu4 tuo4 pu1
algebraic topology (math.)
代数学代數學dai4 shu4 xue2
algebra (as branch of math.)
代数学基本定理代數學基本定理dai4 shu4 xue2 ji1 ben3 ding4 li3
fundamental theorem of algebra (every polynomial has a complex root)
代糖代糖dai4 tang2
sugar substitute
代替代替dai4 ti4
to replace; to take the place of
代替父母代替父母dai4 ti4 fu4 mu3
in place of sb's parents; in loco parentis (law)
代替者代替者dai4 ti4 zhe3
substitute
代填代填dai4 tian2
to fill in a form for sb else
代县代縣dai4 xian4
Dai county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
代销代銷dai4 xiao1
to sell as agent; to sell on commission (e.g. insurance policies); proxy sale (of stocks)
代销店代銷店dai4 xiao1 dian4
outlet; commission shop; agency
代写代寫dai4 xie3
to write as substitute for sb; a ghost writer; plagiarism
代谢代謝dai4 xie4
replacement; substitution; metabolism (biol.)
代行代行dai4 xing2
to act as a substitute; to act on sb's behalf
代言代言dai4 yan2
to be a spokesperson; to be an ambassador (for a brand); to endorse
代言人代言人dai4 yan2 ren2
spokesperson
代孕代孕dai4 yun4
surrogate pregnancy
代之以代之以dai4 zhi1 yi3
(has been) replaced with; (its) place has been taken by
代宗代宗dai4 zong1
Daizong, Temple name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰
代罪代罪dai4 zui4
to redeem oneself; to make up for one's misdeeds
代罪羔羊代罪羔羊dai4 zui4 gao1 yang2
scapegoat
当代當代dang1 dai4
the present age; the contemporary era
当代史當代史dang1 dai4 shi3
contemporary history
当代新儒家當代新儒家dang1 dai4 xin1 ru2 jia1
Contemporary New Confucianism; see 新儒家
党代会黨代會dang3 dai4 hui4
party congress (of the Communist Party of China)
第五个现代化第五個現代化di4 wu3 ge4 xian4 dai4 hua4
fifth modernization, i.e. democracy, cf Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations 鄧小平|邓小平, 四個現代化|四个现代化
地质年代表地質年代表di4 zhi4 nian2 dai4 biao3
geological time scale
迭代迭代die2 dai4
iteration (math.); repeated substitution
都什么年代了都什麼年代了dou1 shen2 me5 nian2 dai4 le5
What decade are you living in?; That's so out-of-date!
独二代獨二代du2 er4 dai4
second generation only child
断代斷代duan4 dai4
periodization (of history)
恶意代码惡意代碼e4 yi4 dai4 ma3
malicious code (e.g. virus); malware
二代二代er4 dai4
secondary; twice in the year (of generations of insects, harvests etc)
法定代表人法定代表人fa3 ding4 dai4 biao3 ren2
(law) legal representative of a corporation (e.g. chairman of the board of a company, principal of a school etc)
反身代词反身代詞fan3 shen1 dai4 ci2
reflexive pronoun
泛代数泛代數fan4 dai4 shu4
universal algebra
飞鸟时代飛鳥時代fei1 niao3 shi2 dai4
Asuka Period in Japanese history (538-710 AD)
分解代谢分解代謝fen1 jie3 dai4 xie4
catabolism (biology); metabolic breaking down and waste disposal; dissimilation
分手代理分手代理fen1 shou3 dai4 li3
"break-up agent", person who acts for sb who wishes to terminate a relationship but does not have the heart to do so
风华绝代風華絕代feng1 hua2 jue2 dai4
magnificent style unmatched in his generation (idiom); peerless talent
封建时代封建時代feng1 jian4 shi2 dai4
feudal times
富不过三代富不過三代fu4 bu4 guo4 san1 dai4
wealth never survives three generations (idiom)
富二代富二代fu4 er4 dai4
children of entrepreneurs who became wealthy under Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms in the 1980s; see also 窮二代|穷二代
复兴时代復興時代fu4 xing1 shi2 dai4
the Renaissance
改朝换代改朝換代gai3 chao2 huan4 dai4
transition period between dynasties; an interregnum
高等代数高等代數gao1 deng3 dai4 shu4
higher algebra
高维代数簇高維代數簇gao1 wei2 dai4 shu4 cu4
(math.) higher dimensional algebraic variety
更代更代geng1 dai4
substitution; replacing former general; change of leader
更新换代更新換代geng1 xin1 huan4 dai4
reform and renewal; generational change
工业现代化工業現代化gong1 ye4 xian4 dai4 hua4
modernization of industry, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
古代古代gu3 dai4
ancient times; olden times
古代史古代史gu3 dai4 shi3
ancient history
股票代号股票代號gu3 piao4 dai4 hao4
ticker symbol (to identify share coupon)
古生代古生代gu3 sheng1 dai4
Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, Ordovician 奧陶紀|奥陶纪, Silurian 志留紀|志留纪, Devonian 泥盆紀|泥盆纪, Carboniferous 石炭紀|石炭纪, Permian 二疊紀|二叠纪
瓜代瓜代gua1 dai4
a changeover of personnel; a new shift; (lit.) replacement for soldier on leave for the melon-picking season
官二代官二代guan1 er4 dai4
children of officials; word created by analogy with 富二代
关系代名词關係代名詞guan1 xi5 dai4 ming2 ci2
relative pronoun
国防现代化國防現代化guo2 fang2 xian4 dai4 hua4
modernization of national defense, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
国际货运代理國際貨運代理guo2 ji4 huo4 yun4 dai4 li3
international transport agency
国家代码國家代碼guo2 jia1 dai4 ma3
country code
汉代漢代han4 dai4
the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
合成代谢合成代謝he2 cheng2 dai4 xie4
anabolism (biology); constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc); assimilation
黑暗时代黑暗時代hei1 an4 shi2 dai4
Dark Ages
后代後代hou4 dai4
posterity; later periods; later ages; later generations
后现代主义後現代主義hou4 xian4 dai4 zhu3 yi4
postmodernism
划时代劃時代hua4 shi2 dai4
epoch-marking
换代換代huan4 dai4
change of dynasties; to pass on to the next generation; new product (in advertising)
黄金时代黃金時代huang2 jin1 shi2 dai4
golden age
交代交代jiao1 dai4
to hand over; to explain; to make clear; to brief (sb); to account for; to justify oneself; to confess; (coll.) to finish
交换代数交換代數jiao1 huan4 dai4 shu4
(math.) commutative algebra
交换代数学交換代數學jiao1 huan4 dai4 shu4 xue2
(math.) commutative algebra
借代借代jie4 dai4
metonymy
金代金代jin1 dai4
Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真 people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty
近代近代jin4 dai4
the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949)
晋代晉代jin4 dai4
Jin Dynasty (265-420)
近代史近代史jin4 dai4 shi3
modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)
近现代史近現代史jin4 xian4 dai4 shi3
modern history and contemporary history
旧时代舊時代jiu4 shi2 dai4
former times; the olden days
旧石器时代舊石器時代jiu4 shi2 qi4 shi2 dai4
Paleolithic Era
旧五代史舊五代史jiu4 wu3 dai4 shi3
History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 in 974 during Northern Song 北宋, 150 scrolls
绝代絕代jue2 dai4
peerless; unmatched in his generation; incomparable (talent, beauty)
绝代佳人絕代佳人jue2 dai4 jia1 ren2
beauty unmatched in her generation (idiom); woman of peerless elegance; prettiest girl ever
开放源代码開放源代碼kai1 fang4 yuan2 dai4 ma3
see 開放源碼|开放源码
科学技术现代化科學技術現代化ke1 xue2 ji4 shu4 xian4 dai4 hua4
modernization of science and technology, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
克朗代克克朗代克ke4 lang3 dai4 ke4
Klondike in northwest Canada
旷代曠代kuang4 dai4
unrivalled; without peer in this generation
酪氨酸代谢病酪氨酸代謝病lao4 an1 suan1 dai4 xie4 bing4
yrosinosis
李代数李代數li3 dai4 shu4
Lie algebra (math.)
李代桃僵李代桃僵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
历代歷代li4 dai4
successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties
历代志上歷代志上li4 dai4 zhi4 shang4
First book of Chronicles
历代志下歷代志下li4 dai4 zhi4 xia4
Second book of Chronicles
硫代硫酸钠硫代硫酸鈉liu2 dai4 liu2 suan1 na4
sodium hyposulfide; sodium thiosulfate
刘宋时代劉宋時代liu2 song4 shi2 dai4
Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing
六朝时代六朝時代liu4 chao2 shi2 dai4
the Six Dynasties period (222-589) between Han and Tang
六十年代六十年代liu4 shi2 nian2 dai4
the sixties; the 1960s
卤代烃鹵代烴lu3 dai4 ting1
haloalkane (obtained from hydrocarbon by substituting halogen for hydrogen, e.g. chlorobenzene or the CFCs)
马尔代夫馬爾代夫ma3 er3 dai4 fu1
the Maldives
蒙代尔蒙代爾meng2 dai4 er3
Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996
明代明代ming2 dai4
the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
末代末代mo4 dai4
final generation
末代皇帝末代皇帝mo4 dai4 huang2 di4
the Last Emperor, biopic of Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪 by Bernardo Bertolucci
母乳代母乳代mu3 ru3 dai4
substitute for mother's milk; milk powder
奈良时代奈良時代nai4 liang2 shi2 dai4
Nara period (710-794) in early Japanese history
能量代谢能量代謝neng2 liang4 dai4 xie4
energy metabolism
年代年代nian2 dai4
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period
年代初年代初nian2 dai4 chu1
beginning of an age; beginning of a decade
年代学年代學nian2 dai4 xue2
chronology (the science of determining the dates of past events)
农业现代化農業現代化nong2 ye4 xian4 dai4 hua4
modernization of agriculture, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
平安时代平安時代ping2 an1 shi2 dai4
Heian period (794-1185), period of Japanese history
七十年代七十年代qi1 shi2 nian2 dai4
the seventies; the 1970s
千秋万代千秋萬代qian1 qiu1 wan4 dai4
throughout the ages
千禧一代千禧一代qian1 xi3 yi1 dai4
Generation Y; Millennial Generation
亲代親代qin1 dai4
parent's generation; previous generation
秦代秦代qin2 dai4
Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇, the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
清代清代qing1 dai4
the Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
清代通史清代通史qing1 dai4 tong1 shi3
General history of the Qing dynasty, compiled under Xiao Yishan 蕭一山
青铜器时代青銅器時代qing1 tong2 qi4 shi2 dai4
the Bronze Age; also written 青銅時代|青铜时代
穷二代窮二代qiong2 er4 dai4
those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s; see also 富二代
取代取代qu3 dai4
to replace; to supersede; to supplant; (chemistry) substitution
取而代之取而代之qu3 er2 dai4 zhi1
to substitute for sb; to remove and replace
全国代表大会全國代表大會quan2 guo2 dai4 biao3 da4 hui4
national general congress; Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
全权代表全權代表quan2 quan2 dai4 biao3
a plenipotentiary (representative)
人称代词人稱代詞ren2 cheng1 dai4 ci2
personal pronoun
人民代表人民代表ren2 min2 dai4 biao3
deputy to People's Congress
日据时代日據時代ri4 ju4 shi2 dai4
the era of Japanese occupation
容华绝代容華絕代rong2 hua2 jue2 dai4
to be blessed with rare and radiant beauty (idiom)
三代三代san1 dai4
three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
三代同堂三代同堂san1 dai4 tong2 tang2
three generations under one roof
三个代表三個代表san1 ge4 dai4 biao3
the Three Represents enunciated by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民 as the duty of the Chinese Communist party in 2001, namely: to represent productivity of an advanced society, forward progress of advanced culture and the fundamental interests of the people
商代商代shang1 dai4
the prehistoric Shang dynasty (c. 16th-11th century BC)
上代上代shang4 dai4
previous generation
圣代聖代sheng4 dai4
sundae (ice cream dessert with toppings) (loanword)
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; abbr. to 四化
宋代宋代song4 dai4
Song dynasty (960-1279)
隋代隋代sui2 dai4
Sui dynasty (581-617)
太古代太古代tai4 gu3 dai4
Archaeozoic (geological era before 2500m years ago)
唐代唐代tang2 dai4
Tang dynasty (618-907)
唐代宗唐代宗tang2 dai4 zong1
Emperor Taizong of Tang (727-779), reign name of ninth Tang emperor Li Yu 李豫, reigned 762-779
替代替代ti4 dai4
to substitute for; to replace; to supersede
替代品替代品ti4 dai4 pin3
substitute; alternative
替代燃料替代燃料ti4 dai4 ran2 liao4
alternative fuel
同时代同時代tong2 shi2 dai4
contemporary
托马斯·哈代托馬斯·哈代tuo1 ma3 si1 - ha1 dai4
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English author
万代萬代wan4 dai4
Bandai toy company
万代兰萬代蘭wan4 dai4 lan2
Vanda genus of orchids
万代千秋萬代千秋wan4 dai4 qian1 qiu1
after innumerable ages
伪代码偽代碼wei3 dai4 ma3
pseudocode
无法替代無法替代wu2 fa3 ti4 dai4
irreplaceable
五代五代wu3 dai4
Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
五代十国五代十國wu3 dai4 shi2 guo2
Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
五代史五代史wu3 dai4 shi3
History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 in 974 during Northern Song 北宋, 150 scrolls
五七一代五七一代wu3 qi1 yi1 dai4
generation of 1957; refers to Mao's anti-rightist purge of 1957
物主代词物主代詞wu4 zhu3 dai4 ci2
possessive pronoun
夏代夏代xia4 dai4
Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
下一代下一代xia4 yi1 dai4
the next generation
显生代顯生代xian3 sheng1 dai4
Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, c. 540m year ago
现代現代xian4 dai4
Hyundai, South Korean company
现代現代xian4 dai4
modern times; modern age; modern era
现代化現代化xian4 dai4 hua4
modernization
现代集团現代集團xian4 dai4 ji2 tuan2
Hyundai, the Korean corporation
现代派現代派xian4 dai4 pai4
modernist faction; modernists
现代人現代人xian4 dai4 ren2
modern man; Homo sapiens
现代史現代史xian4 dai4 shi3
modern history
现代舞現代舞xian4 dai4 wu3
modern dance
现代五项現代五項xian4 dai4 wu3 xiang4
modern pentathlon
现代新儒家現代新儒家xian4 dai4 xin1 ru2 jia1
Modern New Confucianism; see also 新儒家
现代形式現代形式xian4 dai4 xing2 shi4
the modern form
现代性現代性xian4 dai4 xing4
modernity
现代音乐現代音樂xian4 dai4 yin1 yue4
modern music; contemporary music
线性代数線性代數xian4 xing4 dai4 shu4
linear algebra
向量代数向量代數xiang4 liang4 dai4 shu4
vector algebra
新陈代谢新陳代謝xin1 chen2 dai4 xie4
metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom)
新生代新生代xin1 sheng1 dai4
Cenozoic (geological era covering the last 65m years)
新时代新時代xin1 shi2 dai4
new age
新石器时代新石器時代xin1 shi2 qi4 shi2 dai4
Neolithic Era
新五代史新五代史xin1 wu3 dai4 shi3
Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修 in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls
新一代新一代xin1 yi1 dai4
new generation
信息时代信息時代xin4 xi1 shi2 dai4
information age
星二代星二代xing1 er4 dai4
children of celebrities
一代一代yi1 dai4
generation
一代不如一代一代不如一代yi1 dai4 bu4 ru2 yi1 dai4
to be getting worse with each generation
疑问代词疑問代詞yi2 wen4 dai4 ci2
interrogative pronoun (誰|谁, 什麼|什么, 哪兒|哪儿 etc)
以工代赈以工代賑yi3 gong1 dai4 zhen4
to provide work to relieve poverty
以言代法以言代法yi3 yan2 dai4 fa3
to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior; Might makes right.
英代尔英代爾ying1 dai4 er3
Intel
元代元代yuan2 dai4
the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
源代码源代碼yuan2 dai4 ma3
source code (computing)
元古代元古代yuan2 gu3 dai4
Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago)
约翰·厄普代克約翰·厄普代克yue1 han4 - e4 pu3 dai4 ke4
John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner
越俎代庖越俎代庖yue4 zu3 dai4 pao2
lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom); fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs; to take matters into one's own hands
在位时代在位時代zai4 wei4 shi2 dai4
reign (of a king, emperor etc)
战国时代戰國時代zhan4 guo2 shi2 dai4
the Warring States period (475-221 BC); Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
证券代销證券代銷zheng4 quan4 dai4 xiao1
proxy sale of securities
指代指代zhi3 dai4
to refer to; to be used in place of
指示代词指示代詞zhi3 shi4 dai4 ci2
demonstrative pronoun
中生代中生代zhong1 sheng1 dai4
Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三疊紀|三叠纪, Jurassic 侏羅紀|侏罗纪 and Cretaceous 白堊紀|白垩纪)
中石器时代中石器時代zhong1 shi2 qi4 shi2 dai4
Mesolithic Era
周代周代zhou1 dai4
Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BC)
追寻现代中国追尋現代中國zhui1 xun2 xian4 dai4 zhong1 guo2
In search of Modern China by Jonathan D Spence 史景遷|史景迁