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代代

代代

Chinese

 
substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
 
substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad.
(代代) 		代 代

Adverb

代代

  1. generation after generation

Derived terms

  • 代代相傳／代代相传

Japanese

Kanji in this term
代 代
よ
Grade: 3 		よ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
代 代
だい
Grade: 3 		だい
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Duplication of 代 ‎(dai, yo, “generation”). Compare Chinese 代代, Vietnamese đời đời.

Pronunciation

Noun

代代 ‎(hiragana だいだい, romaji daidai, alternative reading よよ, romaji yoyo)

  1. generation after generation
    • 2010 December 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “二に度どあることは三さん度どある [Twice, Thrice That There Are]”, in 銀ぎん魂たま [Silver Soul], volume 37 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shueisha, ISBN 978-4-08-870145-5:
      将 (しょう)軍 (ぐん)家 (け)は代 (だい)々 (だい)水 (すい)練 (れん)の時 (とき)も　もっさりブリーフ派 (は)だ
      Shōgunke wa daidai suiren no toki mo mossari burīfu-wa da
      For generations of the shogun clan, when it comes time for swimming, we have been fans of the humble briefs

Usage notes

  • daidai is a more common pronunciation than yoyo.
  • 代代 and 代々 are both commonly used, and more so than 世世 and 世々.

Derived terms

  • 代 (だい)代 (だい)伝 (つた)わる ‎(daidai tsutawaru, “be transmitted from generation to generation”)
  • 親 (おや)代 (だい)代 (だい) ‎(oyadaidai, “inheritance”)
  • 先 (せん)祖 (ぞ)代 (だい)代 (だい) ‎(senzo daidai, “ancestral; hereditary”)

Pronunciation

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