絕代

Chinese

		cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
trad. (絕代)		絕	代
simp. (绝代)		绝	代

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juédài

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut⁶ doi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choa̍t-tāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juédài
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuédài
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-tai⁴
    • Yale: jywé-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyueday
    • Palladius: цзюэдай (czjuedaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyut⁶ doi⁶
    • Yale: jyuht doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁹ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jud⁶ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːt̚² tɔːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa̍t-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: tsua̍t-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoaddai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² tai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suat̚²⁴⁻² tai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² tai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² tai³³/

Adjective

絕代

1. (literary) unique among one's contemporaries; peerless

   • 容色絕代 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     容色绝代 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 牛僧孺《玄怪錄》, 杜子春 [1]

     róngsè juédài [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (literary) 絕世／绝世 (juéshì)
• (literary) 曠世／旷世 (kuàngshì)

Noun

絕代

1. (literary) remote antiquity

Synonyms

• 上古 (shànggǔ)
• 元古 (yuángǔ)
• 先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
• 先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
• 古代 (gǔdài)
• 古早 (gǔzǎo) (chiefly Min)
• 古時／古时 (gǔshí)
• 太古 (tàigǔ) (often attributive)
• 曠古／旷古 (kuànggǔ)
• 遠古／远古 (yuǎngǔ)
• 邃古 (suìgǔ)