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

Verb

代理

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

Synonyms

Noun

代理

  1. agent; representative; proxy
    獨家代理／独家代理  ―  dújiā dàilǐ  ―  sole agency

Derived terms

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

By surface analysis, 代(だい) (dai, “replace”) + 理(り) (ri, “deal”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) だいり [dàírí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [da̠iɾʲi]

Noun

代(だい)理(り) • (dairi) 

  1. surrogation, proxy
  2. (law) proxy

Derived terms

Verb

代(だい)理(り)する • (dairi suru) transitive 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
    • 2024 March 13, 江島一彦, quotee, “第213回国会　衆議院　財務金融委員会　第10号　令和6年3月13日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎[1], 国立国会図書館, retrieved 15 December 2025:
      通関業者が輸入者に代わって関税等の立替え払いをすることは、輸入者を代理して行っているものでございまして、輸入者本人が納税したのと同じ効果を有している […]
      Tsūkan gyōsha ga yunyūsha ni kawatte kanzei-tō no tatekaebarai o suru koto wa, yunyūsha o dairi shite okonatte iru mono de gozai mashite, yunyūsha honnin ga nōzei shita no to onaji kōka o yūshite iru […]
      When customs brokers pay customs duties and other charges on behalf of importers, they are acting as representatives of the importers, and have the same effect as if the importers themselves had paid the taxes […]

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

References

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
代理

Noun

代理

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