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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 近代

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
近代 jìn dài - the not-very-distant past
- modern times, excluding recent decades
- (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919)
- capitalist times (pre-1949)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 4 32,045 8,797 20,601

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
近 jìn- near
- close to
- approximately
代 dài- to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute
- generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon

Other Words Containing 近代

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
近代 5 4 32,045 8,797 20,601
近代史 - - 55,816 28,268 23,739