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古代 (gǔ dài): Ancient (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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古 • gǔ • ancient, old, archaic
gǔ古

ancient, old, archaic

代 • dài • to substitute, to replace; generation, era
dài代

to substitute, to replace; generation, era

Word Info

Pinyingǔ dài
Meaningancient; archaic; antiquity
Characters2
SyntaxNoun

HSK 5 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 古代.

  • 办理bàn lǐdeal with; attend to; handle
  • 宝贵bǎo guìvaluable; precious
  • 度过dù guòspend; pass
  • 承认chéng rènto admit; to acknowledge; to recognise
  • 打工dǎ gōngdo manual work
  • 鞭炮biān pàofirecrackers
  • 从而cóng érthus; therebyupon
  • 对比duì bǐcontrast; comparison; ratio
  • 报到bào dàoreport for duty; check in; register
  • 承受chéng shòuto bear; support; to endure; inherit
  • 悲观bēi guānpessimistic
  • 传播chuán bōdisseminate; propagate
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 古代.

Words with 古
  • 古典gǔ diǎnclassical
  • 古老gǔ lǎoancient
  • 名胜古迹míng shèng gǔ jìplaces of historic interest and scenic beauty
古人
gǔ rén
people of ancient times
  • 古怪gǔ guàieccentric; odd; quaint
  • 古董gǔ dǒngantique; curio
  • 古迹gǔ jìplaces of historic interest
  • 考古kǎo gǔarchaeology
    • Words with 代
    • 一代yī dàigeneration
    • 代替dài tìinstead
    • 代表dài biǎoto stand for; on behalf of representative
    • 年代nián dàiyears; a decade of a century
    • 时代shí dàitimes; age; era
    • 现代xiàn dàimodern
    • 近代jìn dàimodern times
    • 现代化xiàn dài huàmodernization
    4.

    How to Use 古代 in Sentences

    Preposition + Nounwith在
    zài在
    gǔ古
    dài代
    neutral
    in ancient times
    Adjective + Noun
    gǔ古
    dài代
    shè社
    huì会
    Verb + Objectwith研究
    yán研
    jiū究
    gǔ古
    dài代
    5.

    Example Sentences with 古代

    zhè这
    shì是
    gǔ古
    dài代
    de的
    dōng东
    neutral
    ancient society
    gǔ古
    dài代
    wén文
    míng明
    neutral
    ancient civilization
    yáo遥
    yuǎn远
    de的
    gǔ古
    dài代
    formalWritten
    remote antiquity
    formal
    research ancient times
    xi西
    。
    This is an ancient thing.
    nǐ你
    dú读
    guò过
    nǎ哪
    xiē些
    guān关
    yú于
    gǔ古
    dài代
    wén文
    míng明
    de的
    shū书
    jí籍
    ？
    Which books about ancient civilizations have you read?
    gǔ古
    dài代
    de的
    rén人
    men们
    yòng用
    shí石
    tou头
    zuò做
    gōng工
    jù具
    。
    Ancient people used stones to make tools.
    zhè这
    ge个
    chuán传
    shuō说
    bìng并
    fēi非
    yuán源
    zì自
    gǔ古
    dài代
    ，
    ér而
    shì是
    jìn近
    dài代
    de的
    dù杜
    zhuàn撰
    。
    This legend does not originate from antiquity but is a modern fabrication.
    zhōu周
    mò末
    wǒ我
    xiǎng想
    qù去
    bó博
    wù物
    guǎn馆
    ，
    kàn看
    kàn看
    nà那
    xiē些
    gǔ古
    dài代
    de的
    qīng青
    tóng铜
    qì器
    。
    I want to go to the museum this weekend to see those ancient bronze artifacts.