Chinese

年代

/ni̯ɛn³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/
age; era; period
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 5

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Lineage

  • characterChinese年 “year (in generic contexts)”
    • meaningChinese禾 “grain; cereal”
    • soundChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
  • characterChinese代 “to replace; to take the place of”
    • soundChinese弋 “retrievable arrow attached to a string”

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