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Chinese
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appear; present; now appear; present; now; existing; current
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substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
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trad. (現代)
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現
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simp. (现代)
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现
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Pronunciation
Noun
現代
- modern times
See also
Adjective
現代
- (attributive) modern; contemporary
- 現代生活/现代生活 ― xiàndài shēnghuó ― modern life
- 現代文學/现代文学 ― xiàndài wénxué ― modern literature
- 現代科學/现代科学 ― xiàndài kēxué ― modern science
- 現代觀念/现代观念 ― xiàndài guānniàn ― modern ideology
- 現代史/现代史 ― xiàndài shǐ ― modern history
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Proper noun
現代
- Hyundai (global conglomerate company or chaebol, founded in South Korea)
Further reading
Japanese
Etymology
現 (“current; now”) + 代 (“age; period”)
Pronunciation
Noun
現代 • (gendai)
- modern times, variously described as after the 19th century, after World War I, or after World War II, until the present[2]
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 現代化 (gendaika, “modernization”)
- 現代劇 (gendaigeki, “contemporary drama”)
- 現代語 (gendaigo, “a modern language”)
- 現代史 (gendaishi, “contemporary history”)
- 現代詩 (gendaishi, “modern poetry”)
- 現代人 (gendaijin, “modern person”)
- 現代戦 (gendaisen, “modern warfare”)
- 現代版 (gendaiban, “modern version”)
- 現代病 (gendaibyō)
- 現代文 (gendaibun, “modern Japanese, current written style”)
- 現代的 (gendaiteki, “modernistic”)
- 現代医療 (gendai iryō, “modern medicine”)
- 現代英語 (Gendai Eigo, “current English”)
- 現代音楽 (gendai ongaku, “modern music”)
- 現代科学 (gendai kagaku, “present-day science, modern science”)
- 現代語訳 (gendai goyaku, “modern translation, translation into modern language”)
- 現代思想 (gendai shisō, “contemporary philosophy, modern thought”)
- 現代社会 (gendai shakai, “modern society”)
- 現代小説 (gendai shōsetsu, “contemporary novel, modern novel”)
- 現代生活 (gendai seikatsu, “contemporary life, present-day life”)
- 現代美術 (gendai bijutsu, “contemporary art”)
- 現代舞踊 (gendai buyō, “contemporary dance, modern dance”)
- 現代文学 (gendai bungaku, “contemporary literature, modern literature”)
- 現代文明 (gendai bunmei, “modern civilization”)
- 現代用語 (gendai yōgo, “word of recent origin, neologism”)
- 現代アイスランド語 (gendai aisurandogo, “modern Icelandic”)
- 現代仮名遣い, 現代仮名遣 (gendai kanazukai, “modern kana usage”)
- 近現代 (kingendai, “the modern era; present day”)
See also
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
現代 • (hyeondae) (hangeul 현대)
- hanja form? of 현대 (“contemporary (times); the modern age”)
Proper noun
現代 • (Hyeondae) (hangeul 현대)
- hanja form? of 현대 (“Hyundai”)
Vietnamese
Adjective
現代
- chữ Hán form of hiện đại (“modern”).