代表

Chinese

		substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period	surface; exterior; to watch surface; exterior; to watch; to show; express; an example; a list or table; a meter; a watch; chart; external
simp. and trad. (代表)		代	表

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 代表(だいひょう) (daihyō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dàibiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄅㄧㄠˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): дэбё (debi͡o, III-II)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): doi⁶ biu²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): oi⁵ biau²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thoi-péu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): toi⁴ biau³

• Min Dong (BUC): dâi-biēu
• Min Nan (POJ): tāi-piáu
• Wu (Wiktionary): de piau (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàibiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄅㄧㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daybeau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàibiǎo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹ pjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: дэбё (debi͡o, III-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛ⁴⁴ piɔː⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: doi⁶ biu²
    • Yale: doih bíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶ biu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: doi⁶ biu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːy̯²² piːu̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: oi⁵ biau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵘɔi³² piau⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thoi-péu
    • Hakka Romanization System: toi beu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: toi⁴ beu³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯⁵⁵ peu̯³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: toi⁴ biau³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ piau³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dâi-biēu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(p-)βieu³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-piáu
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-piáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixpiao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ piaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² piaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ piaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ piaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ piaʊ⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: de piau (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̻e̞²² piɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

代表

1. to represent (to stand or act in the place of, or be a political representative)
2. to embody; to represent

   月亮代表我的心  ―  Yuèliàng Dàibiǎo Wǒ de Xīn  ―  "The Moon Represents My Heart" (a song popularized by Teresa Teng)

3. on behalf of; in the name of

Synonyms

• (to embody):

edit

• 參加／参加 (cānjiā)
• 提出 (tíchū)
• 提起 (tíqǐ)
• 發揮／发挥 (fāhuī)
• 發表／发表 (fābiǎo)

• 致以 (zhìyǐ)
• 表現／表现 (biǎoxiàn)
• 表示 (biǎoshì)
• 表述 (biǎoshù)
• 表達／表达 (biǎodá)

Noun

代表

1. representative
2. delegate
3. example; model

Synonyms

• (example): 標本／标本 (biāoběn)

Derived terms

• 人民代表 (rénmín dàibiǎo)
• 代表作 (dàibiǎozuò)
• 代表團／代表团 (dàibiǎotuán)

• 代表性 (dàibiǎoxìng)
• 外交代表 (wàijiāo dàibiǎo)
• 黨代表／党代表 (dǎngdàibiǎo)

Descendants

• → Zhuang: daibyauj

References

• “Entry #1346”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
代	表
だい Grade: 3	ひょう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だいひょー [dàíhyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [da̠iço̞ː]

Noun

代表(だいひょう) • (daihyō) 

1. the representative, the representation, the delegation, an example
   • 1931, 宮本百合子, 楽しいソヴェトの子供:

     母(かあ)さんは、工場(こうじょう)で職場(しょくば)代表(だいひょう)をやっている。

     Kāsan wa, kōjō de shokuba daihyō o yatte iru.

     The mother serves as the representative on the factory floor.

2. typification

Derived terms

• 代表作
• 代表者

Verb

代表(だいひょう)する • (daihyō suru) suru (stem 代表(だいひょう)し (daihyō shi), past 代表(だいひょう)した (daihyō shita))

1. represent, stand for
2. typify
   • 1908, 夏目漱石, 三四郎:

     これが日本(にほん)の社会(しゃかい)を代表(だいひょう)しているんだと言(い)う。

     Kore ga nihon no shakai o daihyō shite iru n da to iu.

     This typifies Japanese society.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "代表する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	代表し	だいひょうし	daihyō shi
Continuative (連用形)	代表し	だいひょうし	daihyō shi
Terminal (終止形)	代表する	だいひょうする	daihyō suru
Attributive (連体形)	代表する	だいひょうする	daihyō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	代表すれ	だいひょうすれ	daihyō sure
Imperative (命令形)	代表せよ¹ 代表しろ²	だいひょうせよ¹ だいひょうしろ²	daihyō seyo¹ daihyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	代表される	だいひょうされる	daihyō sareru
Causative	代表させる 代表さす	だいひょうさせる だいひょうさす	daihyō saseru daihyō sasu
Potential	代表できる	だいひょうできる	daihyō dekiru
Volitional	代表しよう	だいひょうしよう	daihyō shiyō
Negative	代表しない	だいひょうしない	daihyō shinai
Negative continuative	代表せず	だいひょうせず	daihyō sezu
Formal	代表します	だいひょうします	daihyō shimasu
Perfective	代表した	だいひょうした	daihyō shita
Conjunctive	代表して	だいひょうして	daihyō shite
Hypothetical conditional	代表すれば	だいひょうすれば	daihyō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Descendants

• → Chinese: 代表 (dàibiǎo)
• → Korean: 대표 (代表, daepyo)
• → Vietnamese: 代表 (đại biểu)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
代	表

Noun

代表 • (daepyo) (hangeul 대표)

1. Hanja form^? of 대표 (“representative”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
代	表

Noun

代表

1. Hán tự form of đại biểu (“representative”).