现代化

現代化

xiàndàihuà

noun HSK 3 #18,837

Meanings

1 modernization
2 to modernize

Characters

present; current; to appear

era; generation; to represent

to change into; -ize; -ification

现代 (modern) + 化 (-ize) = modernize / modernization.

Examples

中国的现代化发展很快。

Zhōngguó de xiàndàihuà fāzhǎn hěn kuài.

China's modernization is developing rapidly.

这个城市已经现代化了。

Zhège chéngshì yǐjīng xiàndàihuà le.

This city has already been modernized.

农业现代化是一个重要目标。

Nóngyè xiàndàihuà shì yí gè zhòngyào mùbiāo.

Agricultural modernization is an important goal.

Tips

grammar

The suffix 化 works like English '-ize' or '-ification': 现代化 (modernize), 国际化 (internationalize), 工业化 (industrialize), 简化 (simplify). It can function as both a verb and a noun.

culture

四个现代化 ('Four Modernizations') was a key policy goal in China from the late 1970s, covering agriculture, industry, defense, and science and technology.

Stroke Order

现 xiàn

代 dài

化 huà