现代

Traditional form:

現代

Pinyin (reading):

xiàndài

Definitions:

• modern times
• modern age
• modern era

Characters:

• 现 - to appear, to manifest; current, now
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace

Traditional characters:

• 現 - to appear, to manifest; current, now
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace