Meaning of 现代化
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- modernization
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How to use 现代化
现代化 means modernization as a noun, and it also works as an adjective-like word meaning modernized. It often appears in news and formal speech about cities, industry, and technology. Example: 这个城市越来越现代化了。(Zhège chéngshì yuè lái yuè xiàndàihuà le.) This city is becoming more and more modern.
Break it into 现代 (xiàndài, modern, literally "present era") plus 化 (huà, to change into). Something that is 现代化 has been changed to fit the present era.
Common mistake: Learners often drop 化 and say 现代 when they mean the process of modernizing. 现代 (xiàndài) just means modern or the modern era, while 现代化 stresses becoming modern. Also keep 代 (dài) in the fourth tone, not dǎi.
现代化 in example sentences
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现 xiàn · to appear · 8 strokes
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代 dài · to be a substitute for · 5 strokes
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化 huà · to make into · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 现代化.
| 现在 | xiànzài | now; at present; currently |
| 发现 | fāxiàn | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect |
| 出现 | chūxiàn | to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up |
| 实现 | shíxiàn | to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about |
| 代表 | dàibiǎo | representative; delegate |
| 表现 | biǎoxiàn | to show; to show off |
| 现场 | xiànchǎng | the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot |
| 时代 | shídài | age; era |
| 现实 | xiànshí | reality; actuality; real; actual |
| 变化 | biànhuà | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation |
| 年代 | niándài | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age |
| 现金 | xiànjīn | cash |
Questions about 现代化
What does 现代化 mean?
现代化 (xiàndàihuà) means "modernization" and is used as a suffix.
How do you write 现代化?
现代化 is made of 3 characters: 现 (8 strokes), 代 (5 strokes), 化 (4 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 现代化 an HSK word?
Yes. 现代化 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 现代化 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 现代化 is written 現代化.
Can 现代化 be used as a verb?
Yes, it can mean to modernize something, as in 现代化农业 (xiàndàihuà nóngyè), to modernize agriculture. In everyday speech people more often say 实现现代化 (shíxiàn xiàndàihuà), to achieve modernization.
What does 化 do in other words like this?
化 (huà) turns a word into the idea of becoming that thing, much like English -ize or -ization. Other examples are 国际化 (guójìhuà), internationalization, and 简化 (jiǎnhuà), to simplify.