古代
gǔdài
ancient times
Characters in this word
代 dài
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 弋 to catch, to arrest
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 古代没有手机。 Gǔdài méiyǒu shǒujī. There were no phones in ancient times.
- 我学古代史。 Wǒ xué gǔdài shǐ. I study ancient history.
- 古代人很辛苦。 Gǔdài rén hěn xīnkǔ. People in ancient times had hard lives.