时代 (shídài) means Age (era - time period - times). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
那个 时代 没有手机。
Nàge shídài méiyǒu shǒujī.
There were no mobile phones in that era.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 时代
我们生活在一个新 时代 。
Wǒmen shēnghuó zài yí ge xīn shídài.
We live in a new era.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 时代
这个 时代 呼唤更多的实干家。
Zhège shídài hūhuàn gèng duō de shígànjiā.
This age calls for more people who actually get things done.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 呼唤
这本书展现了那个 时代 的面貌。
Zhè běn shū zhǎnxiàn le nàge shídài de miànmào.
This book shows the face of that era.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 面貌
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How is 时代 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 时代 (shídài, "Age (era - time period - times)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 时代 an HSK word?
Yes — 时代 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
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