现代化

Traditional form:

現代化

Pinyin (reading):

xiàndàihuà

Definitions:

• modernization
• CL:個／个 (gè)

Characters:

• 现 - to appear, to manifest; current, now
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize

Traditional characters:

• 現 - to appear, to manifest; current, now
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize