当代

當代
dāngdài
noun HSK 5 #12,212

Meanings

  1. 1 the present age; contemporary
  2. 2 modern era

Examples

Tā shì dāngdài zuì zhùmíng de zuòjiā zhī yī.
He is one of the most famous contemporary writers.
Dāngdài shèhuì biànhuà hěn kuài.
Contemporary society is changing rapidly.
Zhè shì dāngdài yìshù de dàibiǎo zuòpǐn.
This is a representative work of contemporary art.

Tips

usage
当代 (contemporary, now) vs 现代 (modern, roughly 1900s onward) vs 近代 (recent history, ~1840-1949 in Chinese context) vs 古代 (ancient).

Stroke Order

dāng
dài