# 世代 (shìdài)

In Mandarin Chinese, 世代 (shìdài) means “generation; for generations”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: generation; for generations
- Pinyin: shìdài (shi4 dai4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他们家世代住在这个村子里。
  Tāmen jiā shìdài zhù zài zhège cūnzi lǐ.
  Their family has lived in this village for generations.

## Characters

- 世 (shì): life; age
- [代](https://hanziro.com/word/dai-replace/) (dài): to replace; generation

https://hanziro.com/word/shi-dai-generation/

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