現代

現代

See also: 现代

Chinese

		appear; present; now appear; present; now; existing; current	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
trad. (現代)		現	代
simp. (现代)		现	代

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiàndài

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щяндэ (xi͡ande, III-III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): jin⁶ doi⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yen⁵ oi⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hien-thoi / hian-thoi
• Min Dong (BUC): hiêng-dâi
• Min Nan (POJ): hiān-tāi
• Wu (Wiktionary): hhi de (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàndài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàndài
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-tai⁴
    • Yale: syàn-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannday
    • Palladius: сяньдай (sjanʹdaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щяндэ (xi͡ande, III-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiæ̃⁴⁴ tɛ⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁶ doi⁶
    • Yale: yihn doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² tɔːi̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yen⁵ oi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jen³² ᵘɔi³²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hien-thoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hien toi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian⁴ toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯en⁵⁵ tʰoi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hian-thoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hian toi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian⁴ toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯an⁵⁵ tʰoi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hiêng-dâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hieŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t-)nɑi²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: hiān-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiexndai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ tai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻²² tai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ tai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn³³⁻¹¹ tai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn³³⁻²¹ tai³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhi de (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦi²² d̥e̞⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦen^H  dʌi^H/

Rime
Character	現	代
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	胡甸切	徒耐切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦenH/	/dʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦenH/	/dəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛnH/	/dɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛnH/	/dəjH/
Li Rong	/ɣenH/	/dᴀiH/
Wang Li	/ɣienH/	/dɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣienH/	/dʱɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiàn	dài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin6	doi6

Noun

現代

1. modern times

See also

• 當代／当代 (dāngdài)
• 近代 (jìndài)

Adjective

現代

1. (attributive) modern; contemporary

   現代生活／现代生活  ―  xiàndài shēnghuó  ―  modern life

   現代文學／现代文学  ―  xiàndài wénxué  ―  modern literature

   現代科學／现代科学  ―  xiàndài kēxué  ―  modern science

   現代觀念／现代观念  ―  xiàndài guānniàn  ―  modern ideology

Synonyms

• 摩登 (módēng)

Derived terms

現代主義／现代主义 (xiàndài zhǔyì) 現代五項／现代五项 (xiàndài wǔxiàng) 現代企業制度／现代企业制度 現代化／现代化 (xiàndàihuà) 現代性／现代性 (xiàndàixìng) 現代戲／现代戏 現代服務業／现代服务业 (xiàndài fúwùyè)

現代派／现代派 現代漢語／现代汉语 (xiàndài hànyǔ) 現代舞／现代舞 (xiàndàiwǔ) 現代英語／现代英语 (Xiàndài Yīngyǔ) 現代農業／现代农业 (xiàndài nóngyè) 近現代／近现代 (jìnxiàndài)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (現代):

• → Japanese: 現代(げんだい) (gendai)
• → Korean: 현대(現代) (hyeondae)
• → Vietnamese: hiện đại (現代)

Proper noun

現代

1. Hyundai (global conglomerate company or chaebol, founded in South Korea)

Further reading

• 現代汽車 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
現	代
げん Grade: 5	だい Grade: 3
goon

Etymology

現 (“current; now”) +‎ 代 (“age; period”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) げ​んだい [géꜜǹdàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞nda̠i]

Noun

現(げん)代(だい) • (gendai) 

1. modern times, variously described as after the 19th century, after World War I, or after World War II, until the present[2]

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 現代(げんだい)化(か) (gendaika, “modernization”)
• 現代劇(げんだいげき) (gendaigeki, “contemporary drama”)
• 現代(げんだい)語(ご) (gendaigo, “a modern language”)
• 現代(げんだい)史(し) (gendaishi, “contemporary history”)
• 現代(げんだい)詩(し) (gendaishi, “modern poetry”)
• 現代人(げんだいじん) (gendaijin, “modern person”)
• 現代戦(げんだいせん) (gendaisen, “modern warfare”)
• 現代版(げんだいばん) (gendaiban, “modern version”)
• 現代(げんだい)病(びょう) (gendaibyō)
• 現代文(げんだいぶん) (gendaibun, “modern Japanese, current written style”)
• 現代的(げんだいてき) (gendaiteki, “modernistic”)
• 現代(げんだい)医(い)療(りょう) (gendai iryō, “modern medicine”)
• 現代英(げんだいえい)語(ご) (Gendai Eigo, “current English”)
• 現代音楽(げんだいおんがく) (gendai ongaku, “modern music”)
• 現代(げんだい)科(か)学(がく) (gendai kagaku, “present-day science, modern science”)
• 現代(げんだい)語(ご)訳(やく) (gendai goyaku, “modern translation, translation into modern language”)
• 現代(げんだい)思(し)想(そう) (gendai shisō, “contemporary philosophy, modern thought”)
• 現代社会(げんだいしゃかい) (gendai shakai, “modern society”)
• 現代(げんだい)小(しょう)説(せつ) (gendai shōsetsu, “contemporary novel, modern novel”)
• 現代生活(げんだいせいかつ) (gendai seikatsu, “contemporary life, present-day life”)
• 現代(げんだい)美(び)術(じゅつ) (gendai bijutsu, “contemporary art”)
• 現代(げんだい)舞(ぶ)踊(よう) (gendai buyō, “contemporary dance, modern dance”)
• 現代文学(げんだいぶんがく) (gendai bungaku, “contemporary literature, modern literature”)
• 現代文明(げんだいぶんめい) (gendai bunmei, “modern civilization”)
• 現代用(げんだいよう)語(ご) (gendai yōgo, “word of recent origin, neologism”)
• 現代(げんだい)アイスランド語(ご) (gendai aisurandogo, “modern Icelandic”)
• 現代(げんだい)仮(か)名(な)遣(づか)い, 現代仮名遣(げんだいかなづかい) (gendai kanazukai, “modern kana usage”)
• 近現代(きんげんだい) (kingendai, “the modern era; present day”)

See also

• 古(こ)代(だい) (kodai)
• 近(きん)代(だい) (kindai)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
現	代

Noun

現代 • (hyeondae) (hangeul 현대)

1. Hanja form^? of 현대 (“contemporary (times); the modern age”).

Proper noun

現代 • (Hyeondae) (hangeul 현대)

1. Hanja form^? of 현대 (“Hyundai”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
現	代

Adjective

現代

1. chữ Hán form of hiện đại (“modern”).