Era in Chinese
era · HSK 5
时代
- 时 time
- 代 generation
Counted with 个: 一个时代
Other ways to say era
More words with 时 or 代
How do you say era in Chinese?
Era in Chinese is 时代 (shí dài). You can also say 时期 (shí qī), 代 (dài), 年代 (nián dài), 一代 (yī dài).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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