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代理

代理

Chinese

		substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
simp. and trad. (代理)		代	理

Verb

代理

to act as an agent, representative or proxy

Noun

代理

agent; representative; proxy
獨家代理 / 独家代理 ― dújiā dàilǐ ― sole agency

Derived terms

代理人 (dàilǐrén)
代理商 (dàilǐshāng)

代理店 (dàilǐdiàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
代	理
だい Grade: 3	り Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 代 (dai, “replace”) + 理 (ri, “deal”)

Noun

代理 ‎(hiragana だいり, romaji dairi)

surrogation, proxy
(law) proxy

Compounds

代理母 (だいりぼ) ‎(dairibo): surrogate mother
代理店 (だいりてん) ‎(dairiten): distributor

Verb

代理する ‎(hiragana だいりする, romaji dairi suru)

act in place of

Conjugation

Conjugation of "代理する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	代理し	だいりし	dairi shi
Continuative (連用形)	代理し	だいりし	dairi shi
Terminal (終止形)	代理する	だいりする	dairi suru
Attributive (連体形)	代理する	だいりする	dairi suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	代理すれ	だいりすれ	dairi sure
Imperative (命令形)	代理せよ¹ 代理しろ²	だいりせよ¹ だいりしろ²	dairi seyo¹ dairi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	代理される	だいりされる	dairi sareru
Causative	代理させる代理さす	だいりさせるだいりさす	dairi saseru dairi sasu
Potential	代理できる	だいりできる	dairi dekiru
Volitional	代理しよう	だいりしよう	dairi shiyō
Negative	代理しない	だいりしない	dairi shinai
Negative continuative	代理せず	だいりせず	dairi sezu
Formal	代理します	だいりします	dairi shimasu
Perfective	代理した	だいりした	dairi shita
Conjunctive	代理して	だいりして	dairi shite
Hypothetical conditional	代理すれば	だいりすれば	dairi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dàilǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): doi⁶ lei⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thoi-lî
Min Nan (POJ): tāi-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàilǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daylii
  - IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: doi⁶ lei⁵
  - Yale: doih léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶ lei⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tɔːi̯²² lei̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thoi-lî
  - Hakka Romanization System: toi li´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: toi⁴ li¹
  - IPA: /tʰo̯i⁵⁵ li²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixlie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/