近
代

The not-very-distant past in Chinese: 近代 (jìn dài)

jìn dài

the not-very-distant past

HSK 3.0 Level 41 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1the not-very-distant past
  2. 2modern times, excluding recent decades
  3. 3(in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919)
  4. 4capitalist times (pre-1949)

Stroke order

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近
代

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄣˋ

jìn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄞˋ

dài

ㄉ/ dㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 我对近代历史很感兴趣。

    wǒ duì jìn dài lì shǐ hěn gǎn xìng qù。

    I'm very interested in modern history.

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Related words

近

jìn

near

代

dài

to substitute

附近

fù jìn

nearby

最近

zuì jìn

recently

代表

dài biǎo

representative

代替

dài tì

to replace

现代

xiàn dài

modern times

朝代

cháo dài

dynasty

当代

dāng dài

the present age

古代

gǔ dài

ancient times

接近

jiē jìn

to approach

年代

nián dài

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

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