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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
现代人
modern man
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
modern man
02
Homo sapiens
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 现代人 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 现代人 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
Modern man has moved far away from God and from nature.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 现代人.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 现代人.
Directly before
- 的现代人1
Directly after
- 现代人太1
- 现代人已经1
- 现代人的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 现代人
What does 现代人 mean in Chinese?
现代人 (xiàndàirén) means modern man.
How do you pronounce 现代人?
现代人 is pronounced xiàndàirén.
Is 现代人 an HSK word?
现代人 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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