HSK 6 · Time

朝代 cháodài “dynasty” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 朝代 means

  1. dynasty
  2. reign (of a king)

How to say 朝代

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale朝cháo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale代dài4th tone, falling

朝代 in a sentence

  1. 唐朝是中国历史上很有名的朝代。

    Tángcháo shì Zhōngguó lìshǐ shàng hěn yǒumíng de cháodài.

    The Tang was a famous dynasty in Chinese history.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 你知道中国历史上有哪些朝代吗？

    Nǐ zhīdao Zhōngguó lìshǐ shàng yǒu nǎxiē cháodài ma?

    Do you know which dynasties there were in Chinese history?

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 朝代 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 朝 (cháo) with each of its parts in a different colour
朝cháoimperial or royal court
  • 龺sunlightSound part
  • 月moon · yuèMeaning part

月 hints at the meaning (moon); 龺 () hints at the sound. Compare it with cháo.

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

How to write 朝代

朝 12 strokes · 代 5 strokes

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

Words related to 朝代

Words with 朝

朝cháo · towards朝气蓬勃zhāoqìpéngbó · full of vigour

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当代dāngdài · contemporary历代lìdài · successive dynasties

More words: Time & Sequence

最初zuìchū · at first丙bǐng · third (in a series)不时bùshí · frequently刹那chànà · instant成天chéngtiān · all day long次序cìxù · order诞辰dànchén · birthday (of a respected person)当场dāngchǎng · on the spot

FAQs

朝代 (cháodài) means “dynasty” or “reign (of a king)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cháodài: cháo with a 2nd tone, then dài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 朝代 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chaodai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 朝代 from the suggestions. Typing chaodai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
朝代 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.