現代

See also: 现代

Chinese

		appear; present; now appear; present; now; existing; current	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
trad. (現代)		現	代
simp. (现代)		现	代

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàndài

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶ doi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hien-thoi / hian-thoi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiān-tāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàndài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàndài
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-tai⁴
    • Yale: syàn-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannday
    • Palladius: сяньдай (sjanʹdaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁶ doi⁶
    • Yale: yihn doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² tɔːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hien-thoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hien toi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian⁴ toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯en⁵⁵ tʰoi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hian-thoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hian toi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian⁴ toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯an⁵⁵ tʰoi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: hiān-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiexndai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ tai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻²² tai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ tai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn³³⁻¹¹ tai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn³³⁻²¹ tai³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 現代

1. modern times

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 現代

1. (attributive) modern; contemporary

   現代農業／现代农业  ―  xiàndài nóngyè  ―  modern agriculture

See also

• 摩登 (módēng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (現代):

• → Japanese: 現代(げんだい) (gendai)
• → Korean: 현대(現代) (hyeondae)
• → Vietnamese: hiện đại (現代)

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 現代

1. Hyundai - a global conglomerate company or chaebol, founded in South Korea.

See also

• 現代汽車／现代汽车 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
現	代
げん Grade: 5	だい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

現(げん)代(だい) • (gendai) 

1. the present day, modern times, nowadays

Synonyms

• 近代(きんだい) (kindai)

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 (gendaigoyaku): 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 shōseki): contemporary novel, modern novel
• 現代新書 (gendai shinsho): a series of paperbacks published since 1964 by Kodansha

• 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