现代

现代 xiàndài in a sentence

Present-day (modern times - Hyundai)

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 3 sentences

现代 (xiàndài) means Present-day (modern times - Hyundai). Below are 3 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

他喜欢 现代 音乐。

Tā xǐhuan xiàndài yīnyuè.

He likes modern music.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 现代

这是一座 现代 城市。

Zhè shì yí zuò xiàndài chéngshì.

This is a modern city.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 现代

现代 社会的信息爆炸让人难以选择。

Xiàndài shèhuì de xìnxī bàozhà ràng rén nányǐ xuǎnzé.

The information explosion of modern society makes choosing difficult.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 爆炸

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How is 现代 used in a sentence?

This page shows 3 sentences using 现代 (xiàndài, "Present-day (modern times - Hyundai)"), 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 现代 an HSK word?

Yes — 现代 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

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The dictionary page for 现代 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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