時代

See also: 时代

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) 時 代
simp. (时代) 时 代

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 時 代
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 常 (25) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 之 (19) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 市之切 徒耐切
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
    一個時代的產物/一个时代的产物  ―  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
    浮躁的時代/浮躁的时代  ―  fúzào de shídài  ―  restless times
    落後於時代/落后于时代  ―  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
    這是一個看臉的時代。 [MSC, trad.]
    这是一个看脸的时代。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè shì yīge kànliǎn de shídài. [Pinyin]
    This is a face-judging era.
    我們一定要緊緊地跟上這個時代的步伐。 [MSC, trad.]
    我们一定要紧紧地跟上这个时代的步伐。 [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

Synonyms

  • (times):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (時代):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
時 代
じ
Grade: 2
だい
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

    Noun

    時(じ)代(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)の時代(じだい)じゃあるまいし」と云(い)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)は情(じょう)の時代(じだい)だ。
        Seinen wa jō no jidai da.
        Youth is a passionate time in one's life.

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    References

    1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
    2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), 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
    時代

    Noun

    時代 • (sidae) (hangeul 시대)

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

    Vietnamese

    Hán tự in this term
    時代

    Noun

    時代

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