近代 jìndài▶ Modern

Stroke order

近代 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 近 — 7 strokes
• 代 — 5 strokes

Senses

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

Related words

• 代替mengganti
• 代表wakil
• 古代Kuno
• 年代tahun-tahun
• 接近dekat
• 时代zaman, era

近代 is pronounced jìndài and means “Modern”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 近代 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.