借代

借代

Chinese

		to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad. (借代)		借	代

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jièdài

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ doi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jièdài
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehday
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze³ doi⁶
    • Yale: je doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé³ doi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ tɔːy̯²²/

Noun

借代

1. (rhetoric) rhetorical devices such as metonymy, antonomasia and synecdoche