历代 lìdài▶ dinastías pasadas

Stroke order

历代 is written in 9 strokes across 2 characters.

• 历 — 4 strokes
• 代 — 5 strokes

Senses

1. successive generations
2. successive dynasties
3. past dynasties

Related words

• 世代generación
• 交代entregar
• 代价costo
• 代理agente
• 农历Calendario lunar
• 历来siempre

历代 is pronounced lìdài and means “dinastías pasadas”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 历代 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.