古代(gǔ dài): ancient times
ancient times
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- gǔ dài
- Meaning
- ancient times
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- Same
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Example sentences
How 古代 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
守宫砂是中国古代用来验证女人贞操的方法.
shǒu gōng shā shì zhōng guó gǔ dài yòng lái yàn zhèng nǚ rén zhēn cāo de fāng fǎ
Shougongsha is an old Chinese technique to test a woman's virginity.
子是中国古代对有学问的人的尊称，如孔子，老子，墨子，韩非子。
zǐ shì zhōng guó gǔ dài duì yǒu xué wèn de rén de zūn chēng rú kǒng zǐ lǎo zǐ mò zǐ hán fēi zǐ
The title "Zi" was an honorific title for learned scholars in ancient China, such as Confucius, Laozi, Mozi and Han Feizi.
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 古代 — tap one to open its word page.
representative
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
Time, US weekly news magazine
Hyundai, South Korean company
delegation
to replace; to take the place of
to substitute for
the not-very-distant past
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