Tom was replaced by Mary.
替代
to substitute for
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Meaning and common use
to substitute for
to replace
to supersede
How 替代 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 替代 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
It is the 27th of June of 2013. The Blue Dreams are plural. The Blue Dreams are many. Interlingua is not the only one. For decades now, there have existed other Latinate conlangs, different projects. And in the future, some hope for others. But it has been the Green Dream, Esperanto, that has succeeded for more than a century. Reforms attempted upon Esperanto have met with failure over the decades because genuine Esperanto has an artistic balance with which one cannot tamper. Esperanto remains enduring. Amongst the Blues, my vote is still Interlingua. More people should give it a chance. Esperanto's accents give a charm to the language that perhaps boosted its survival over the years. There are substitute systems.
No published English translation for this sentence.
Words that keep company with 替代.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 替代.
Directly before
- 能够替代1
- 想要替代1
- 玛丽替代1
- 其他替代1
- 提出替代1
Directly after
- 替代的2
- 替代方案2
- 替代了1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 替代
What does 替代 mean in Chinese?
替代 (tìdài) means to substitute for.
How do you pronounce 替代?
替代 is pronounced tìdài.
Is 替代 an HSK word?
替代 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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