累代

Chinese

		accumulate; implicate; tired accumulate; implicate; tired; cumbersome	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad. (累代)		累	代

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěidài

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ ㄉㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěidài
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěidài
    • Wade–Giles: lei³-tai⁴
    • Yale: lěi-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leeiday
    • Palladius: лэйдай (lɛjdaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/

Adverb

累代

1. (literary) over the course of several generations; from generation to generation; down through the generations; through successive generations

Synonyms

• 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 世代 (shìdài) (literary)
• 仍世 (réngshì) (literary)
• 代代 (dàidài) (literary)
• 祖代 (zǔdài) (literary)
• 累世 (lěishì) (literary)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
累	代
るい Grade: S	だい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

累(るい)代(だい) • (ruidai) 

1. successive generations of a family etc.
2. (geology) eon