代理

Chinese

		substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
simp. and trad. (代理)		代	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàilǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): doi⁶ lei⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thoi-lî
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): toi³ li²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàilǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàilǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tai⁴-li³
    • Yale: dài-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daylii
    • Palladius: дайли (dajli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: doi⁶ lei⁵
    • Yale: doih léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: doi⁶ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːi̯²² lei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thoi-lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: toi li´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: toi⁴ li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯⁵⁵ li²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixlie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: toi³ li²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thòi lí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ li⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

代理

1. to act as an agent; to be a representative; to act as a proxy

Synonyms

• (dated) 署理 (shǔlǐ)

Noun

代理

1. agent; representative; proxy

   獨家代理／独家代理  ―  dújiā dàilǐ  ―  sole agency

Derived terms

• 代理人 (dàilǐrén)
• 代理商 (dàilǐshāng)
• 代理店 (dàilǐdiàn)
• 代理權／代理权 (dàilǐquán)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (代理):

• → Japanese: 代(だい)理(り) (dairi)
• → Korean: 대리(代理) (daeri)
• → Vietnamese: đại lí (代理)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
代	理
だい Grade: 3	り Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 代 (dai, “replace”) + 理 (ri, “deal”).

Noun

代(だい)理(り) • (dairi) 

1. surrogation, proxy
2. (law) proxy

Derived terms

• 代理母(だいりぼ) (dairibo): surrogate mother
• 代理店(だいりてん) (dairiten): distributor

Verb

代(だい)理(り)する • (dairi suru) suru (stem 代(だい)理(り)し (dairi shi), past 代(だい)理(り)した (dairi shita))

1. to act in place of

Conjugation

Conjugation of "代理する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	代理し	だいりし	dairi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	代理し	だいりし	dairi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	代理する	だいりする	dairi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	代理する	だいりする	dairi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	代理すれ	だいりすれ	dairi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	代理せよ¹ 代理しろ²	だいりせよ¹ だいりしろ²	dairi seyo¹ dairi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	代理される	だいりされる	dairi sareru
Causative	代理させる 代理さす	だいりさせる だいりさす	dairi saseru dairi sasu
Potential	代理できる	だいりできる	dairi dekiru
Volitional	代理しよう	だいりしよう	dairi shiyō
Negative	代理しない	だいりしない	dairi shinai
Negative continuative	代理せず	だいりせず	dairi sezu
Formal	代理します	だいりします	dairi shimasu
Perfective	代理した	だいりした	dairi shita
Conjunctive	代理して	だいりして	dairi shite
Hypothetical conditional	代理すれば	だいりすれば	dairi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
代	理

Noun

代理

1. chữ Hán form of đại lí (“representative retail store”).