時代

See also: 时代

Chinese

 
o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
 
substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
trad. (時代)
simp. (时代)

Pronunciation


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
    落後時代 / 落后时代   luòhòu yú shídài   to be behind the times
    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.
  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

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Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (時代):

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
だい
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

時代 (hiragana じだい, rōmaji 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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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

Noun

時代 (sidae) (hangeul 시대)

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

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Noun

時代

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