指代zhǐdàiTop 35000Meanings1. to refer to2. to be used in place ofCharacters used指finger代to replaceExamples1这个zhège词cí后来hòulái被bèi用来yònglái指代zhǐdài围绕wéirào大dà天体tiāntǐ的de小xiǎo天体tiāntǐ。The word came to be used for all small heavenly bodies revolving about larger ones.