HSK 6 · Time

历代 lìdài “successive dynasties” in Chinese

Traditional 歷代

What 历代 means

  1. successive dynasties
  2. past generations
  3. successive generations
  4. past dynasties

How to say 历代

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale历lì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale代dài4th tone, falling

历代 in a sentence

  1. 这个博物馆收藏了很多历代书画。

    Zhè ge bówùguǎn shōucáng le hěn duō lìdài shūhuà.

    This museum holds many paintings and calligraphy works from different dynasties.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 历代诗人都写过关于月亮的诗。

    Lìdài shīrén dōu xiě guo guānyú yuèliang de shī.

    Poets through the ages have written about the moon.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 历代 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 历 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
历lìcalendar
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 力strength · lìSound part

厤 hints at the meaning (to calculate); 力 (lì) hints at the sound. Compare it with lì.

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 历代

历 4 strokes · 代 5 strokes

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

Words related to 历代

Words with 历

历史lìshǐ · history经历jīnglì · experience日历rìlì · calendar学历xuélì · educational background简历jiǎnlì · curriculum vitae (CV)历来lìlái · always农历nónglì · lunar calendar来历láilì · origin

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

More words: Time & Sequence

即将jíjiāng · about to近来jìnlái · recently及早jízǎo · as early as possible连年liánnián · for years in a row历来lìlái · always黎明límíng · dawn凌晨língchén · early morning屡次lǚcì · repeatedly

FAQs

历代 (lìdài) means “successive dynasties” or “past generations”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lìdài: lì with a 4th 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 历代 is written 歷代. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lidai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 历代 from the suggestions. Typing lidai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
历代 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.