现代 xiàndài▶ moderno

Stroke order

现代 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 现 — 8 strokes
• 代 — 5 strokes

Senses

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

Related words

• 代替reemplazar
• 代表representante
• 体现reflejar
• 古代Antiguo
• 实现realización
• 年代años

现代 is pronounced xiàndài and means “moderno”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 现代 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.