| 年代初 |
nián dài chū |
beginning of an age / beginning of a decade |
| 年 |
Nián |
surname Nian |
| 年 |
nián |
year / CL:个 |
| 年 |
nián |
grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年 |
| 年代 |
nián dài |
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:个 |
| 代 |
dài |
to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute / generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon |
| 初 |
chū |
(bound form) at first; initially / (bound form) first; early / (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三 "the third" |