代表 dàibiǎo▶ đại diện

Stroke order

代表 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 代 — 5 strokes
• 表 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. representative
2. delegate
3. to represent
4. to stand for
5. on behalf of
6. in the name of

Related words

• 代替thay thế
• 发表Xuất bản
• 古代Cổ xưa
• 年代năm
• 时代thời đại, kỷ nguyên
• 现代hiện đại

代表 is pronounced dàibiǎo and means “đại diện”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 代表 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.