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字HANZI DESK

当代

Traditional: 當代

dāng dài

HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 5

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

dāng dài · dong1 doi6 (Jyutping)

  1. the present age
  2. the contemporary era

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

当

Meaning
bear, accept, undertake; just
Radical
⺌
Strokes
6
Components
⿱⺌彐
Cangjie
FSM
Four-corner
9017.7

代

Meaning
replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation
Radical
亻
Strokes
5
Components
⿰亻弋
Cangjie
OIP
Four-corner
2324.0

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