当代 (dāngdài) means Present (contemporary). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这座博物馆专门收藏 当代 艺术。
Zhè zuò bówùguǎn zhuānmén shōucáng dāngdài yìshù.
This museum specialises in collecting contemporary art.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 当代
他是 当代 最有影响力的作家之一。
Tā shì dāngdài zuì yǒu yǐngxiǎnglì de zuòjiā zhī yī.
He is one of the most influential writers of our time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 当代
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How is 当代 used in a sentence?
This page shows 2 sentences using 当代 (dāngdài, "Present (contemporary)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 当代 an HSK word?
Yes — 当代 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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The dictionary page for 当代 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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