现代人

現代人

xiàndàirén

noun #30,170

Measure Word

一个现代人 gè

Meanings

1 modern person
2 contemporary people
3 Homo sapiens (in anthropology)

Characters

present; current

era; generation

Examples

现代人离不开手机。

Xiàndàirén lí bù kāi shǒujī.

Modern people can't live without their phones.

现代人的生活节奏很快。

Xiàndàirén de shēnghuó jiézòu hěn kuài.

Modern people live at a fast pace.

Tips

usage

现代人 has two registers: in everyday speech it means 'people of today / contemporary people'; in anthropology it specifically means Homo sapiens, as opposed to 古人 (ancient people) or earlier hominids.

Stroke Order

现 xiàn

代 dài

人 rén