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

她最近在追一本现言。

Tā zuìjìn zài zhuī yì běn xiànyán.

She's reading a modern romance novel these days.

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.

这个作者主要写霸总现言。

Zhège zuòzhě zhǔyào xiě bàzǒng 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