末代

Chinese

		end; final stage; latter part	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad. (末代)		末	代

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mòdài

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mut⁶ doi⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): boa̍t-tāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mòdài
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mòdài
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁴-tai⁴
  - Yale: mwò-dài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohday
  - Palladius: модай (modaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mut⁶ doi⁶
  - Yale: muht doih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁹ doi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mud⁶ doi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚² tɔːi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boa̍t-tāi
  - Tâi-lô: bua̍t-tāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boaddai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /buat̚⁴⁻³² tai²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /buat̚²⁴⁻² tai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /buat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tai²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /buat̚⁴⁻³² tai³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /buat̚⁴⁻³² tai³³/

Noun

末代

last phase (of an age); last reign (of a dynasty)
末代皇帝 ― mòdài huángdì ― the last emperor of a dynasty, now usually refers to Puyi

Synonyms

叔世 (shūshì) (literary)
叔季 (shūjì) (literary)
叔末 (literary)
季世 (jìshì) (literary)
末世 (mòshì)
末造 (mòzào) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
末	代
まつ Grade: 4	だい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まつだい [màtsúꜜdàì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡sɨda̠i]

Noun

末(まつ)代(だい) • (matsudai)

perpetuity

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN