现代

Character by character

• 现xiàn8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 現appear, manifest, become visible
• 代dài5 strokesHSK 3replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 现代. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 现在xiàn zàiHSK 1

  now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays

• 发现fā xiànHSK 2

  to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery

• 出现chū xiànHSK 2

  to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up

• 表现biǎo xiànHSK 3

  to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior

• 现场xiàn chǎngHSK 3

  the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot; (at) the site

• 代表dài biǎoHSK 3

  representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of

• 实现shí xiànHSK 2

  to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about

• 现实xiàn shíHSK 3

  reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested

• 时代shí dàiHSK 3

  age; era; epoch; period (in one's life)

• 年代nián dàiHSK 3

  a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period

• 代dàiHSK 3

  to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon

• 现金xiàn jīnHSK 3

  cash

• 现象xiàn xiàngHSK 3

  phenomenon; appearance

• 代价dài jiàHSK 5

  price; cost; consideration (in share dealing)

• 展现zhǎn xiànHSK 5

  to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display

• 呈现chéng xiànHSK 7

  to appear; to emerge; to present (a certain appearance); to demonstrate

• 代理dài lǐHSK 5

  to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy; surrogate; (computing) proxy

• 代替dài tìHSK 4

  to replace; to take the place of

• 体现tǐ xiànHSK 3

  to embody; to reflect; to incarnate

• 取代qǔ dàiHSK 7

  to replace; to supersede; to supplant; (chemistry) substitution

• 现状xiàn zhuàngHSK 5

  current situation

• 现有xiàn yǒuHSK 5

  currently existing; currently available

• 替代tì dàiHSK 4

  to substitute for; to replace; to supersede

• 古代gǔ dàiHSK 3

  ancient times