Chinese symbol for “represent”
代表
dài biǎo
representative; delegate; measure word: 位 (wèi), 个 (gè), 名 (míng); to represent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for represent is 代表 (dài biǎo), defined as: representative; delegate; measure word: 位 (wèi), 个 (gè), 名 (míng); to represent; to stand for; on behalf of.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “represent”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 代表.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 时代 (時代) | shí dài | age; era |
| 年代 | nián dài | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age |
| 现代 (現代) | xiàn dài | modern times; modern age |
| 代理 | dài lǐ | to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy |
| 古代 | gǔ dài | ancient times |
| 表示 | biǎo shì | (of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show |
| 表现 (表現) | biǎo xiàn | to show; to show off |
| 发表 (發表) | fā biǎo | to issue; to publish |
See also: Japanese symbol for “represent”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.