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都什么年代了

dōu shén me nián dài ledictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
What decade are you living in? / That's so out-of-date!
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-2835c14d38639521. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

都什麼年代了 都什么年代了 [dou1 shen2 me5 nian2 dai4 le5] /What decade are you living in?/That's so out-of-date!/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 都什麼年代了

  • 都
    dōu

    all / both / entirely / (used for emphasis) even / already / (not) at all

    dū

    capital city / metropolis

    Dū

    surname Du

  • 什
    shén

    what

    shí

    ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous

  • 么
    yāo

    youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yāo], to shout

    má

    exclamatory final particle

    ma

    interrogative final particle

    me

    suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shén me], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhè me] thus, etc

    Yāo

    surname Yao

  • 年
    nián

    year / CL:個|个[gè] / grain / harvest (old)

    Nián

    surname Nian

  • 代
    dài

    to be a substitute for / to act on behalf of / to replace / to substitute / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon

  • 了
    le

    (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

    liǎo

    to finish / (used with 得[dé] or 不[bù] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wàng bu liǎo] "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wú] or 不[bù]) completely (not) / entirely (not) / (not) in the least / (bound form) clear in one's mind / to understand clearly

    liào

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Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.