# 代理
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàilǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄌㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): doi$^6$ lei$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thoi-lî
    (Hailu, HRS): toi$^˖$ li$^ˋ$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-lí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): toi$^3$ li$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàilǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄌㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàilǐ
*** Wade–Giles: tai$^4$-li$^3$
*** Yale: dài-lǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daylii
*** Palladius: дайли (dajli)
*** Sinological IPA : /taɪ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: doi$^6$ lei$^5$
*** Yale: doih léih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: doi$^6$ lei$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: doi$^6$ léi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔːi̯²² lei̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thoi-lî
*** Hakka Romanization System: toi li$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: toi$^4$ li$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯⁵⁵ li²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: toi$^˖$ li$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰoi³³ li⁵³/
* 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: toi$^3$ li$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thòi lí
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰoi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ li⁵²⁻²¹/

### Verb

代理
* to act as an agent; to be a representative; to act as a proxy

#### Synonyms

* (dated) 署理 (shǔlǐ)

### Noun

代理
* 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

* → 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)
* surrogation, proxy
* (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))
* to act in place of

#### Conjugation

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