Chinese Vocabulary
代
generation
代
dài4th tone
- Pinyin
- dài
- Strokes
- 5
- In episodes
- 1
Stroke order for 代
代 is written with 5 strokes. The animation replays automatically.
Usage
一代一代 / 三四代以后 — the relay.
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代 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.
飞了三四代，帝王蝶才到了加拿大。
After three or four generations, the monarchs finally reach Canada.
No Monarch Butterfly Ever Finishes Its Own Migration — the Trip Takes Four Generations
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