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现代化

xiàn dài huà

HSK 3.0 level 5 3-character word Traditional 現代化 Measure word 个

现代化 (xiàn dài huà) means "modernization". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 现代化 means

1. modernization

The characters in 现代化

• 现xiànto appear; present; now
• 代dàito be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…
• 化huàto make into; to change into; -ization

Example sentences

• 它现代化的程度远远超乎我的预料。
  Tā xiàndàihuà de chéngdù yuǎnyuǎn chāo hū wǒ de yùliào.
  Its level of modernisation far exceeded my expectations.
• 如果人们使用这些现代化的机器, 那将节省很多人力。
  Rúguǒ rénmen shǐyòng zhèxiē xiàndàihuà de jīqì, nà jiāng jiéshěng hěn duō rénlì.
  If you use this modern equipment, it will save a lot of manpower.

Words containing 现代化

• 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
• 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
• 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

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