| 代 | dài zì | abbreviated name of an entity (e.g. 皖政, a short name for 安徽省人民政府) / code name / (old) pronoun | 
| 代 | dài | to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute / generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon | 
| 字 | zì | letter / symbol / character / word / CL:个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China |