- 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)
Characters
- 近 (近): near; close to; approximately
- 代 (代): to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
Resources
- Wiktionary: 近代
- MDBG: 近代
- Examples with 近代 on Tatoeba
Examples
一圈转回来，还可以看看外滩近代建筑夜景，走走南京路步行街。