Definition & Meaning

1.age; time; years; era

2.a decade of a century

Word usage

nián dài

年 代

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1
n.age; time; years; era
- nà xiē gǔ dǒng kǒng pà yǒu xiē nián dài le
  那些古董恐怕有些年代了。
  I'm afraid those antiques go back to many, many years ago.
- zhè fú huà de nián dài bù xiáng
  这幅画的年代不详。
  The age of the painting is unknown.
- nián dài jiǔ le shí bēi shang de zì jì yǐ jīng mó hu le
  年代久了，石碑上的字迹已经模糊了。
  The inscriptions on the stone tablet have become blurred with the passage of time.
synonym
shí dài时代 nián jiān年间 nián yuè年月 nián tóu r年头儿
2
n.a decade of a century
- yīng guó gōng yè zì shì jì nián dài yǐ lái yī zhí zài zǒu xià pō lù
  英国工业自20世纪70年代以来，一直在走下坡路。
  Industry in Britain has been in decline since the 1970s.
- tā shì nián dài de yīng xióng rén wù
  他是90年代的英雄人物。
  He was a hero in the 1990s.
- zhè zhǒng guǎn lǐ mó shì zài èr shí shì jì bā shí nián dài dé dào le rèn kě
  这种管理模式在二十世纪八十年代得到了认可。
  This management style gained acceptance in the 1980s.

Word usage

common measure word
"年代" is often matched with measure word "个".
- 一个年代
  one age

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