上代

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad. (上代)		上	代

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngdài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ doi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-tāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngdài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngdài
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-tai⁴
    • Yale: shàng-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqday
    • Palladius: шандай (šandaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ doi⁶
    • Yale: seuhng doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² tɔːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngdai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tai²²/

Noun

上代

1. previous generation; former generations

Synonyms

• 上世 (shàngshì)
• 前代 (qiándài)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	代
じょう Grade: 1	だい Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょ​ーだい [jóꜜòdàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːda̠i]

Noun

上(じょう)代(だい) • (jōdai) ^{←じやうだい (zyaudai)?}

1. ancient times
   1. (history, especially literary history and historical linguistics) a period in Japanese history, usually the Nara period (corresponding to Old Japanese)

      Synonym: 奈良時代 (Nara jidai)

2. (nominal) retail price

Derived terms

• 上(じょう)代特殊(だいとくしゅ)仮名(かな)遣(づかい) (jōdai tokushu kanazukai, “ancient special kana usage, Old Japanese special kana usage”)