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年代 (nián dài): meaning and stroke order

年代 (nián dài) means a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties), age, era, period, 个.

年代

Simplified
年代
Traditional
年代 (same form)
Pinyin
nián dài

Stroke order of 年代

年

  • Nián surname Nian
  • nián year; CL:個|个[ge4]
  • nián grain; harvest (old)
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 秊

Stroke by stroke

代

  • dài to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 年代

  1. nián dài
    • a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
    • age
    • era
    • period
    • CL:個|个[ge4]

Radicals of the characters

年
Radical 干 (Kangxi radical 51) · 6 strokes · 𠂉 on top, 㐄 below
代
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 5 strokes · 亻 on the left, 弋 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

年代 in our stories

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  • 这个故事叫《乌盆记》，后来被编成了京剧。人们爱听它，不只是因为有鬼，更因为在那个年代，连一个冤魂都相信，只要找到包青天，公道就一定会来。

    zhè gè gùshi jiào Wūpén Jì hòulái bèi biān chéng le jīngjù rénmen ài tīng tā bù zhǐshì yīnwèi yǒu guǐ gèng yīnwèi zài nà gè niándài lián yí gè yuānhún dōu xiāngxìn zhǐyào zhǎodào Bāo Qīngtiān gōngdao jiù yídìng huì lái

    The story is called The Black Basin and was later made into a Beijing opera. People love it not just for the ghost, but because in those days even a wronged spirit believed that if you could reach Bao the Upright, justice would surely come.

    From the story The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 年代

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).