近代 in English jin4 dai4 Meaning

Meanings

  • the not-very-distant past
  • modern times, excluding recent decades
  • (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919)
  • capitalist times (pre-1949)

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Pinyin

jin4 dai4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

jin4near dai4to substitute