HSK 5 · Verbs

代表 dàibiǎo “representative” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 代表 means

  1. representative
  2. delegate
  3. to represent
  4. to stand for
  5. on behalf of
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • in the name of

Measure word 位 wèi or 个 gè · 一位代表 yí wèi dàibiǎo

How to say 代表

  • 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表biǎo3rd tone, dipping

代表 in a sentence

  1. 许多国家的代表出席了会议。

    Xǔduō guójiā de dàibiǎo chūxí le huìyì.

    Delegates from many countries attended the conference.

    Sentence #736984 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 如果想与客服代表通话，请按三。

    Rúguǒ xiǎng yǔ kèfú dàibiǎo tōnghuà, qǐng àn sān.

    If you’d like to speak to a customer service representative, please press three.

    Sentence #13527807 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 代表 can also mean “to represent” or “to stand for”

    绿色代表希望。

    Lǜsè dàibiǎo xīwàng.

    Green stands for hope.

    Sentence #1430237 from Tatoeba

How 代表 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 表 (biǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
表biǎoexterior surface
  • 毛fur · máo
  • 衣clothes · yī

Memory aidFur 毛 on the outside of clothes 衣: the outside, to show.

How to write 代表

代 5 strokes · 表 8 strokes

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

Words related to 代表

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代替dàitì · to replace后代hòudài · descendants朝代cháodài · dynasty当代dāngdài · contemporary历代lìdài · successive dynasties

Words with 表

手表shǒubiǎo · watch表示biǎoshì · to express表扬biǎoyáng · to praise表演biǎoyǎn · to perform表格biǎogé · form表达biǎodá · to express表明biǎomíng · to make clear表现biǎoxiàn · to show表情biǎoqíng · (facial) expression发表fābiǎo · to issue

More words: Common Verbs

促使cùshǐ · to induce催cuī · to urge存在cúnzài · to exist达到dádào · to reach代替dàitì · to replace打交道dǎjiāodào · to come into contact with耽误dānwu · to delay挡dǎng · to block

FAQs

代表 (dàibiǎo) means “representative” or “delegate”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dàibiǎo: dài with a 4th tone, then biǎo with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 代表 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 位 (wèi) or 个 (gè). For example, one representative is 一位代表 (yí wèi dàibiǎo).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daibiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 代表 from the suggestions. Typing daibiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
代表 is an HSK 5 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.