HSK 5 · Verbs

代替 dàitì “to replace” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 代替 means

  1. to replace
  2. to take the place of

How to say 代替

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale替tì4th tone, falling

代替 in a sentence

  1. 你会代替我去派对吗？

    Nǐ huì dàitì wǒ qù pàiduì ma?

    Will you go to the party in my place?

    Sentence #332832 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 电视代替了收音机。

    Diànshì dàitì le shōuyīnjī.

    Television has replaced the radio.

    Sentence #2437271 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 塑料代替了许多传统的原料。

    Sùliào dàitì le xǔduō chuántǒng de yuánliào.

    Plastics have replaced many traditional materials.

    Sentence #336863 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 代替 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 替 (tì) with each of its parts in a different colour
替tìto substitute for
  • 夫man · fū
  • 夫man · fū
  • 日sun · rì

How to write 代替

代 5 strokes · 替 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 代替

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后代hòudài · descendants朝代cháodài · dynasty当代dāngdài · contemporary历代lìdài · successive dynasties

More words: Common Verbs

催cuī · to urge存在cúnzài · to exist达到dádào · to reach代表dàibiǎo · representative打交道dǎjiāodào · to come into contact with耽误dānwu · to delay挡dǎng · to block导致dǎozhì · to lead to

FAQs

代替 (dàitì) means “to replace” or “to take the place of”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dàitì: dài with a 4th tone, then tì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 代替 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daiti with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 代替 from the suggestions. Typing daiti into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
代替 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.