代理 dàilǐ▶ agente

Stroke order

代理 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 代 — 5 strokes
• 理 — 11 strokes

Senses

1. to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position
2. to act as an agent or proxy
3. surrogate
4. (computing) proxy

Related words

• 世代generación
• 交代entregar
• 代价costo
• 助理asistente
• 历代dinastías pasadas
• 原理principio

代理 is pronounced dàilǐ and means “agente”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 代理 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.