年代

Traditional form:

年代

Pinyin (reading):

niándài

Definitions:

• a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
• age
• era
• period
• CL:個／个 (gè)

Characters:

• 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace

Traditional characters:

• 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace