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现代

xiàn dài

HSK 4 2-character word Traditional 現代

What 现代 means

1. modern times
2. modern age
3. modern era

Other readings

现代 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Xiàn dàiHyundai, South Korean company

The characters in 现代

• 现xiànto appear; present; now
• 代dàito be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…

Example sentences

• 他学习现代文学。
  He studies contemporary literature.
• 他喜欢现代音乐。
  He has a liking for modern music.
• 现代人太仰赖手机。
  Xiàndàirén tài yǎnglài shǒujī.
  People rely too much on phones these days.
• 现代的猫不吃老鼠。
  Modern cats don't eat rats.
• 汤姆欣赏现代艺术。
  Tom appreciates modern art.
• 现代的人想法不同。
  People today think differently.

Words starting with 现代

• 现代化xiàn dài huàmodernization
• 现代人xiàn dài rénmodern man; Homo sapiens
• 现代性xiàn dài xìngmodernity
• 现代派xiàn dài pàimodernist faction; modernists
• 现代史xiàn dài shǐmodern history
• 现代舞xiàn dài wǔmodern dance
• 现代集团Xiàn dài Jí tuánHyundai, the Korean corporation
• 现代形式xiàn dài xíng shìthe modern form
• 现代音乐xiàn dài yīn yuèmodern music; contemporary music
• 现代新儒家Xiàn dài Xīn Rú jiāModern New Confucianism; see also 新儒家
• 现代五项xiàn dài wǔ xiàngmodern pentathlon

Words containing 现代

• 四个现代化sì ge xiàn dài huàDeng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s…
• 工业现代化gōng yè xiàn dài huàmodernization of industry, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
• 后现代主义hòu xiàn dài zhǔ yìpostmodernism
• 国防现代化guó fáng xiàn dài huàmodernization of national defense, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
• 农业现代化nóng yè xiàn dài huàmodernization of agriculture, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
• 近现代史jìn xiàn dài shǐmodern history and contemporary history
• 追寻现代中国Zhuī xún Xiàn dài Zhōng guóIn Search of Modern China by Jonathan D Spence 史景迁
• 科学技术现代化kē xué jì shù xiàn dài huàmodernization of science and technology, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations