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年代

niándài
noun HSK 3 #1,672

Meanings

  1. 1 decade (of a century)
  2. 2 era; period; age

Examples

八十年代的音乐很好听。
Bāshí niándài de yīnyuè hěn hǎotīng.
Music from the '80s sounds great.
那个年代的生活很艰苦。
Nàge niándài de shēnghuó hěn jiānkǔ.
Life was very hard in that era.
她是九十年代出生的。
Tā shì jiǔshí niándài chūshēng de.
She was born in the '90s.

Tips

usage
To say a specific decade, put the decade number before 年代: 六十年代 (the '60s).
culture
Chinese people often define generations by decade: 80后 (bālíng hòu, post-80s), 90后 (jiǔlíng hòu, post-90s), 00后 (líng líng hòu, post-2000s).

Stroke Order

年 nián
代 dài