Chinese symbol for “contemporary”
同时代
tóng shí dài
Traditional: 同時代
contemporary
The closest CC-CEDICT match for contemporary is 同时代 (tóng shí dài), defined as: contemporary.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “contemporary”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今 | jīn | now; the present time |
| 近人 | jìn rén | contemporary; modern person |
| 流辈 (流輩) | liú bèi | a contemporary; similar class of people |
| 同时期 (同時期) | tóng shí qī | at the same time; contemporary |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 同时代.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 同时 (同時) | tóng shí | at the same time; simultaneously |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 共同 | gòng tóng | common; joint |
| 同样 (同樣) | tóng yàng | same; equal; similar; similarly; also; too |
| 同意 | tóng yì | to agree; to consent |
| 同志 | tóng zhì | comrade; (slang) homosexual |
| 时间 (時間) | shí jiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time |
| 时候 (時候) | shí hou | time; length of time |
| 代表 | dài biǎo | representative; delegate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “contemporary”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.