See also: 时代

Chinese

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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

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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/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʑi/ /dʱɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chí dài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
si4 doi6

Noun

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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. [Pinyin]
    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. [Pinyin]
    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

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
だい
Grade: 3
on'yomi

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()(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.

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References

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

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Hanja in this term

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時代 (sidae) (hangeul 시대)

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

Vietnamese

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時代

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