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年代
niándài
1. a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
2. age
3. era
4. period
5. CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 3%

Character Breakdown

年
nián
year; anniversary; a person's age
HSK 1 6 丶
代
dài
era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
HSK 5 5 丶

Compound Words (6)

年代初
niándàichū
beginning of an age
年代学
niándàixué
chronology (the science of determining the dates of past events)
七十年代
qīshíniándài
the seventies
六十年代
liùshíniándài
the sixties
地质年代表
dìzhìniándàibiǎo
geological time scale
都什么年代了
dōushénmeniándàile
What decade are you living in?

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Category
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Word Frequency Rank
2,688 of 84,292