HSK 6 · Work

代理 dàilǐ “to act on behalf of” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 代理 means

  1. to act on behalf of
  2. agent
  3. acting (position)
  4. to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position
  5. to act as an agent or proxy
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • surrogate
  • (computing) proxy

How to say 代理

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale代dài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale理lǐ3rd tone, dipping

代理 in a sentence

  1. 如遇情况紧急，请立即联系我的代理。

    Rú yù qíngkuàng jǐnjí, qǐng lìjí liánxì wǒ de dàilǐ.

    In an emergency, please contact my agent immediately.

    Sentence #1958189 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 万一有紧急情况，联系我的代理人。

    Wànyī yǒu jǐnjí qíngkuàng, liánxì wǒ de dàilǐrén.

    If there’s an emergency, contact my agent.

    Sentence #336246 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我是你的代理人。

    Wǒ shì nǐ de dàilǐrén.

    I’m your representative.

    Sentence #10513310 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 代理 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 代 (dài) with each of its parts in a different colour
代dàito be a substitute for
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 弋shoot · yì
The character 理 (lǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
理lǐtexture
  • 王king · wángMeaning part
  • 里village · lǐSound part

王 hints at the meaning (king); 里 (lǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǐ.

Memory aid王 here is jade 玉: cutting jade along its grain. 里 (lǐ) gives the sound: to put in order, reason.

How to write 代理

代 5 strokes · 理 11 strokes

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代理 (dàilǐ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 代理 (dàilǐ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 代理

Words with 代

古代gǔdài · ancient times近代jìndài · modern times (roughly 1840 to 1919 in China)年代niándài · a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)时代shídài · age现代xiàndài · modern times代表dàibiǎo · representative代替dàitì · to replace后代hòudài · descendants朝代cháodài · dynasty当代dāngdài · contemporary

Words with 理

经理jīnglǐ · manager理解lǐjiě · to comprehend理想lǐxiǎng · an ideal理发lǐfà · to get a haircut修理xiūlǐ · to repair整理zhěnglǐ · to arrange管理guǎnlǐ · to supervise办理bànlǐ · to handle处理chǔlǐ · to handle合理hélǐ · rational

More words: Work & Career

筹备chóubèi · to prepare创立chuànglì · to found创业chuàngyè · to start a business搭档dādàng · partner档案dàng'àn · file调动diàodòng · to transfer董事长dǒngshìzhǎng · chairman of the board反馈fǎnkuì · feedback

FAQs

代理 (dàilǐ) means “to act on behalf of” or “agent”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dàilǐ: dài with a 4th tone, then lǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 代理 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daili with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 代理 from the suggestions. Typing daili into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
代理 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.