| 代表 | dài biǎo | representative; delegate; CL:位,个,名; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of |
| 代 | dài | to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon |
| 时代 | shí dài | age; era; epoch; period; CL:个 |
| 代替 | dài tì | instead; to replace; to substitute (X for Y, or a number in an algebraic expression) |
| 现代 | xiàn dài | modern times; modern age; modern era; Hyundai, South Korean company |
| 年代 | nián dài | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; CL:个 |
| 古代 | gǔ dài | ancient times; olden times |
| 现代化 | xiàn dài huà | modernization; CL:个 |
| 近代 | jìn dài | modern times |
| 四个现代化 | sì gè xiàn dài huà | Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology; abbr. to 四化 |
| 代谢 | dài xiè | replacement; substitution; metabolism (biol.) |
| 后代 | hòu dài | posterity; later periods; later ages; later generations |
| 历代 | lì dài | successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties |
| 代理人 | dài lǐ rén | agent |
| 交代 | jiāo dài | to hand over; to explain; to make clear; to brief (sb); to account for; to justify oneself; to confess; to finish (colloquial) |
| 代理 | dài lǐ | to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy; surrogate |
| 取代 | qǔ dài | to replace; to supersede; to supplant; (chemistry) substitution |
| 代数 | dài shù | algebra |
| 当代 | dāng dài | the present age; the contemporary era |
| 代价 | dài jià | price; cost; consideration (in share dealing) |
| 世代 | shì dài | generation; an era; accumulation of years; passing on from generation to generation |
| 新陈代谢 | xīn chén dài xiè | metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom) |
| 代数式 | dài shù shì | algebraic formula |
| 三代 | sān dài | third-generation |
| 五代 | wǔ dài | Five dynasties (in different contexts, from mythology through to Han and the interregnum between Han and Tang); the five dynasties forming the interregnum between Tang and Song (936-947), namely: Later Liang 后梁, Later Tang 后唐, Later Jin 后晋, Later Han 后汉, Later Zhou 后周 |
| 代表团 | dài biǎo tuán | delegation; CL:个 |
| 朝代 | cháo dài | dynasty; reign (of a king) |
| 替代 | tì dài | to substitute for; to replace; to supersede |
| 代号 | dài hào | code name |
| 代言人 | dài yán rén | spokesperson |
| 代销 | dài xiāo | to sell as agent; to sell on commission (e.g. insurance policies); proxy sale (of stocks) |
| 战国时代 | zhàn guó shí dài | the Warring States period (475-221 BC); Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th centuries) |
| 代数和 | dài shù hé | algebraic sum |
| 代之以 | dài zhī yǐ | (has been) replaced with; (its) place has been taken by |
| 代码 | dài mǎ | code |
| 代办 | dài bàn | to act for sb else; to act on sb's behalf; an agent; a diplomatic representative; a chargé d'affaires |
| 新石器时代 | Xīn shí qì Shí dài | Neolithic Era |
| 划时代 | huà shí dài | epoch-marking |
| 改朝换代 | gǎi cháo huàn dài | transition period between dynasties; an interregnum |
| 代购 | dài gòu | to buy (on behalf of sb) |
| 五代十国 | wǔ dài shí guó | Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979) |
| 取而代之 | qǔ ér dài zhī | to substitute for sb; to remove and replace |
| 代偿 | dài cháng | (medical) compensation; to repay a debt or obligation in place of someone else |
| 全权代表 | quán quán dài biǎo | a plenipotentiary (representative) |
| 现代人 | xiàn dài rén | modern man; Homo sapiens |
| 黄金时代 | huáng jīn shí dài | golden age |
| 上代 | shàng dài | previous generation |
| 代名词 | dài míng cí | pronoun |
| 旧时代 | jiù shí dài | former times; the olden days |
| 子代 | zǐ dài | offspring; child's generation |
