絕代

Chinese

		cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
trad. (絕代)		絕	代
simp. (绝代)		绝	代

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): juédài

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut⁶ doi⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choa̍t-tāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: juédài
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyuédài
  - Wade–Giles: chüeh²-tai⁴
  - Yale: jywé-dài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyueday
  - Palladius: цзюэдай (czjuedaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyut⁶ doi⁶
  - Yale: jyuht doih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁹ doi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: jud⁶ doi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːt̚² tɔːi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa̍t-tāi
  - Tâi-lô: tsua̍t-tāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoaddai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² tai²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suat̚²⁴⁻² tai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tai²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² tai³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² tai³³/

Adjective

絕代

(literary) unique among one's contemporaries; peerless
- 容色絕代 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  容色绝代 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 牛僧孺《玄怪錄》, 杜子春
  róngsè juédài [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

(literary) 絕世／绝世 (juéshì)
(literary) 曠世／旷世 (kuàngshì)

Noun

絕代

(literary) remote antiquity

Synonyms

上古 (shànggǔ)
元古 (yuángǔ)
先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
古代 (gǔdài)
古早 (gǔzǎo) (chiefly Min)
古時／古时 (gǔshí)
太古 (tàigǔ) (often attributive)
曠古／旷古 (kuànggǔ)
遠古／远古 (yuǎngǔ)
邃古 (suìgǔ)

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