ChineseEdit

 
substitute; replace; generation
substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
 
surface; exterior; to watch
surface; exterior; to watch; to show; express; an example; a list or table; a meter; a watch; chart; external
simp. and trad.
(代表)

PronunciationEdit


VerbEdit

代表

  1. to represent (to stand or act in place of, or be a political representative)
  2. to embody; to represent
  3. on behalf of; in the name of

SynonymsEdit

  • (to embody):

NounEdit

代表

  1. representative
    你們選出學生代表參加 [MSC, trad.]
    你们选出学生代表参加 [MSC, simp.]
    Qǐng nǐmen xuǎnchū jǐ wèi xuéshēng dàibiǎo lái cānjiā. [Pinyin]
    Please select a few student representatives to participate.
  2. delegate
  3. example; model

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Zhuang: daibyauj
  • Vietnamese: đại biểu

ReferencesEdit

JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 3
ひょう
Grade: 3
goon

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Chinese 代表 (dàibiǎo).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

(だい)(ひょう) (daihyōだいへう (daifeu)?

  1. a representative, representation, delegation, example
    • 1931, Yuriko Miyamoto, Playful Soviet Children:
      (かあ)さんは、(こう)(じょう)(しょく)()(だい)(ひょう)をやっている。
      Kāsan wa, kōjō de shokuba daihyō o yatte iru.
      The mother serves as the representative on the factory floor.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. a typification

Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

(だい)(ひょう)する (daihyō suruだいへう (daifeu)?suru (stem (だい)(ひょう) (daihyō shi), past (だい)(ひょう)した (daihyō shita))

  1. to represent, stand for
  2. to typify
    • 1908, Natsume Sōseki, Sanshirō:
      これが()(ほん)(しゃ)(かい)(だい)(ひょう)しているんだと()う。
      Kore ga Nihon no shakai o daihyō shite iru n da to iu.
      This typifies a Japanese society.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

ConjugationEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

KoreanEdit

Hanja in this term

NounEdit

代表 (daepyo) (hangeul 대표)

  1. Hanja form? of 대표 (representative).

VietnameseEdit

Hán tự in this term

NounEdit

代表

  1. chữ Hán form of đại biểu (representative).