| 代表 | dài biǎo | representative; delegate; CL:位,个,名; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of |
| 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 |
