现
代

Modern times in Chinese: 现代 (xiàn dài)

xiàn dài

modern times

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 現代2 example sentences

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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现
代

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄢˋ

xiàn

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄞˋ

dài

ㄉ/ dㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

现代

Simplified

現代

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他学习现代文学。

    tā xué xí xiàn dài wén xué。

    He studies contemporary literature.

  • 现代的人想法不同。

    xiàn dài de rén xiǎng fǎ bù tóng。

    People today think differently.

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Related words

代

dài

to substitute

现在

xiàn zài

now

出现

chū xiàn

to appear

发现

fā xiàn

to notice

代表

dài biǎo

representative

代替

dài tì

to replace

表现

biǎo xiàn

to show

朝代

cháo dài

dynasty

当代

dāng dài

the present age

古代

gǔ dài

ancient times

近代

jìn dài

the not-very-distant past

年代

nián dài

a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)

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