当
代

The present age in Chinese: 当代 (dāng dài)

dāng dài

the present age

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 當代1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1the present age
  2. 2the contemporary era

Stroke order

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当
代

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄤ

dāng

ㄉ/ dㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

ㄉㄞˋ

dài

ㄉ/ dㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

当代

Simplified

當代

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他是当代很有名的画家。

    tā shì dāng dài hěn yǒu míng de huà jiā。

    He is a famous contemporary painter.

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Related words

当

dāng

(onom.) dong

代

dài

to substitute

当然

dāng rán

only natural

代表

dài biǎo

representative

代替

dài tì

to replace

当地

dāng dì

local

当时

dāng shí

then

现代

xiàn dài

modern times

朝代

cháo dài

dynasty

古代

gǔ dài

ancient times

近代

jìn dài

the not-very-distant past

年代

nián dài

a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)

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