年代

niándài

noun HSK 3 #1,672

Meanings

HSK 2

八十年代的音乐很好听。

Bāshí niándài de yīnyuè hěn hǎotīng.

Music from the '80s sounds great.

HSK 2

她是九十年代出生的。

Tā shì jiǔshí niándài chūshēng de.

She was born in the '90s.

HSK 5

那个年代的生活很艰苦。

Nàge niándài de shēnghuó hěn jiānkǔ.

Life was very hard in that era.

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 (post-80s), 90后 (post-90s), 00后 (post-2000s).

年 nián

代 dài