斷代

See also: 断代

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
trad. (斷代)		斷	代
simp. (断代)		断	代

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duàndài

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun⁶ doi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): toǎn-tāi / toān-tāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duàndài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duàndài
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-tai⁴
    • Yale: dwàn-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannday
    • Palladius: дуаньдай (duanʹdaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun⁶ doi⁶
    • Yale: dyuhn doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn⁶ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün⁶ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn²² tɔːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toǎn-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: tuǎn-tāi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tuan²² tai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toān-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: tuān-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxndai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tuan²²⁻²¹ tai²²/

Verb

斷代

1. to have no progeny; to have no heirs
2. (figuratively) to have no successors
3. (historiography) to periodize; to create a chronology

   夏商周斷代工程／夏商周断代工程  ―  Xià Shāng Zhōu duàndài gōngchéng  ―  the Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project

Synonyms

• (to have no progeny): 斷後／断后 (duànhòu), 絕後／绝后 (juéhòu)
• (to periodize): 分期 (fēnqī)

Derived terms

• 斷代史 / 断代史 (duàndàishǐ)