代表

Chinese

 
substitute; replace; generation
substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
 
surface; exterior; to watch
surface; exterior; to watch; to show; express; an example; a list or table; a meter; a watch; chart; external
simp. and trad.
(代表)

Pronunciation


Verb

代表

  1. to represent (to stand or act in place of, or be a political representative)
  2. to embody; to represent
  3. on behalf of; in the name of

Synonyms

  • (to embody):

Noun

代表

  1. representative
    你們選出學生代表參加 [MSC, trad.]
    你们选出学生代表参加 [MSC, simp.]
    Qǐng nǐmen xuǎnchū jǐ wèi xuéshēng dàibiǎo lái cānjiā. [Pinyin]
    Please select a few student representatives to participate.
  2. delegate
  3. example; model

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Zhuang: daibyauj
  • Vietnamese: đại biểu

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 3
ひょう
Grade: 3
goon

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Chinese 代表 (dàibiǎo).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いひょー [dàíhyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [da̠iço̞ː]

Noun

(だい)(ひょう) • (daihyō) だいへう (daifeu)?

  1. a representative, representation, delegation, example
    • 1931, Yuriko Miyamoto, Playful Soviet Children:
      (かあ)さんは、(こう)(じょう)(しょく)()(だい)(ひょう)をやっている。
      Kāsan wa, kōjō de shokuba daihyō o yatte iru.
      The mother serves as the representative on the factory floor.
      (かあ)さんは、(こう)(じょう)(しょく)()(だい)(ひょう)をやっている。
      Kāsan wa, kōjō de shokuba daihyō o yatte iru.
      The mother serves as the representative on the factory floor.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. a typification

Derived terms

Verb

(だい)(ひょう)する • (daihyō suru) だいへう (daifeu)?suru (stem (だい)(ひょう) (daihyō shi), past (だい)(ひょう)した (daihyō shita))

  1. to represent, stand for
  2. to typify
    • 1908, Natsume Sōseki, Sanshirō:
      これが()(ほん)(しゃ)(かい)(だい)(ひょう)しているんだと()う。
      Kore ga Nihon no shakai o daihyō shite iru n da to iu.
      This typifies a Japanese society.
      これが()(ほん)(しゃ)(かい)(だい)(ひょう)しているんだと()う。
      Kore ga Nihon no shakai o daihyō shite iru n da to iu.
      This typifies a Japanese society.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

代表 • (daepyo) (hangeul 대표)

  1. Hanja form? of 대표 (representative).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

代表

  1. chữ Hán form of đại biểu (representative).
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