劃時代

See also: 划时代

Chinese

		to delimit; to transfer; to assign to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to differentiate; to mark off; to draw (a line); to delete; stroke of a Chinese character	times; age; epoch times; age; epoch; era; period of time; period of time in one's life
trad. (劃時代)		劃	時代
simp. (划时代)		划	时代

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàshídài

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕˊ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ si⁴ doi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ōe-sî-tāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàshídài
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕˊ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàshíhdài
    • Wade–Giles: hua⁴-shih²-tai⁴
    • Yale: hwà-shŕ-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahshyrday
    • Palladius: хуашидай (xuašidaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waak⁶ si⁴ doi⁶
    • Yale: waahk sìh doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ si⁴ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶ xi⁴ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚² siː²¹ tɔːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-sî-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: uē-sî-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oexsi'dai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²⁻²¹ si²⁴⁻²² tai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² si²⁴⁻²² tai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ue²²⁻²¹ si¹³⁻²² tai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ si²⁴⁻¹¹ tai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ si²³⁻³³ tai³³/

Adjective

劃時代

1. (attributive) epoch-making

   • 美國終於產生了歷史上第一位黑人總統巴拉克•奧巴馬，這對於美國的民主政治具有劃時代的意義。 [MSC, trad.]
     美国终于产生了历史上第一位黑人总统巴拉克•奥巴马，这对于美国的民主政治具有划时代的意义。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2008: Zhou Qi (周琪), 【美國大選觀察】奧巴馬為什麼大勝？

     Měiguó zhōngyú chǎnshēng le lìshǐ shàng dì yī wèi hēirén zǒngtǒng Bālākè • Àobāmǎ, zhè duìyú Měiguó de mínzhǔ zhèngzhì jùyǒu huàshídài de yìyì. [Pinyin]

     The historic election of the US’s first black president, Barack Obama, marked an epoch in the history of American democracy.