现言

現言

xiànyán

noun

Meanings

1 modern romance (web novel genre)
2 contemporary-setting romance fiction, abbr. of 现代言情

Characters

present, modern

speech; here short for 言情 (romance)

Examples

HSK 3

她最近在追一本现言。

Tā zuìjìn zài zhuī yìběn xiànyán.

She's reading a modern romance novel these days.

HSK 7-9

现言和古言是两大类女频小说。

Xiànyán hé gǔyán shì liǎng dà lèi nǚpín xiǎoshuō.

Modern and period romance are the two big subgenres of women's web fiction.

HSK 7-9

这个作者主要写霸总现言。

Zhège zuòzhě zhǔyào xiě bà zǒng xiànyán.

This author mainly writes CEO-style modern romance.

Tips

register

Web-novel community slang. 言 here is short for 言情 (romance). Contrast pairs: 现言 (modern romance) vs 古言 (period/ancient romance); 纯爱 (pure love) vs 虐文 (angst).

culture

A standard genre tag on sites like 晋江文学城 and 起点女生网. Casual readers on Weibo and 小红书 use it as shorthand when rec-posting novels.

Stroke Order

现 xiàn

言 yán