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现代化

xiàndàihuà

Description

"现代化"的意思是让东西变得更新、更先进,像现代社会一样。

"现代化" means making things newer and more advanced, like modern society.

我们常说城市现代化、工业现代化。

We often talk about urban modernization and industrial modernization.

Meanings

现代化xiàndàihuà

modernization; to modernize

这个城市变得越来越现代化了。

This city is becoming more and more modern.

现代化xiàndàihuà

modern; up-to-date (as adjective)

他家有很多现代化的家电。

He has many modern appliances at home.

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Notes

  • Etymology

    现代 (modern era) + 化 (a suffix meaning "-ize/-ization").

  • Nuance

    functions as both noun/verb (modernization) and adjective (modern, advanced).

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