商代

Shāngdài
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the Shang dynasty period (c. 1600–1046 BC)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Jiǎgǔwén shì Shāngdài de wénzì.
Oracle bone script is the writing of the Shang period.
HSK 7-9
Zhè jiàn Shāngdài qīngtóngqì shì zài Hénán Ānyáng chūtǔ de.
This Shang bronze was dug up at Anyang in Henan.

Tips

history
商代 is the period, 商朝 the dynasty as a state. Its later centuries are also called 殷 or 殷商, after the last capital at Yin near 安阳, where the oracle bones were found.

Stroke Order

商 shāng
代 dài