Chinese symbol for “surrogate”
代理
dài lǐ
to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy; surrogate; (computing) proxy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for surrogate is 代理 (dài lǐ), defined as: to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy; surrogate; (computing) proxy.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 代理.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 代表 | dài biǎo | representative; delegate |
| 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 |
| 古代 | gǔ dài | ancient times |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 处理 (處理) | chǔ lǐ | to handle; to deal with; to punish |
| 理论 (理論) | lǐ lùn | theory; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “surrogate”.
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.