- 现代化 xiàndàihuà modernizedhaving been modernized; characterized by the use of modern technology, methods, or styles.
- 现代舞 xiàndàiwǔ modern dance
- 现代人 xiàndàirén modern peoplepeople living in the contemporary era, often characterized by current lifestyles and values
- 四个现代化 sìgexiàndàihuà four modernizationsThe Chinese policy initiated in the late 1970s and 1980s to modernize industry, agriculture, national defense, and science and technology.
- 现代性 xiàndàixìng modernity
- 现代史 xiàndàishǐ modern history
- 现代主义 xiàndàizhǔyì modernisma style or movement in the arts, architecture, or literature that aims to break with classical and traditional forms
- 现代派 xiàndàipài modernistsmodernist faction or school; the group of people associated with modernism
- 近现代史 jìnxiàndàishǐ modern and contemporary historymodern history and contemporary history
- 农业现代化 nóngyèxiàndàihuà agricultural modernizationmodernization of agriculture, one of the Four Modernizations
- 追寻现代中国 Zhuīxún Xiàndài Zhōngguó In Search of Modern ChinaIn Search of Modern China by Jonathan D Spence [[史景迁|史景遷|Shi3 Jing3 qian1]]
- 后现代主义 hòuxiàndàizhǔyì postmodernism
- 国防现代化 guófángxiàndàihuà defense modernizationmodernization of national defense, one of the Four Modernizations
- 工业现代化 gōngyèxiàndàihuà industrial modernizationmodernization of industry, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
- 现代五项 xiàndàiwǔxiàng modern pentathlon
- 现代形式 xiàndàixíngshì modern formthe modern form
- 现代新儒家 Xiàndài Xīn Rújiā modern New ConfucianismModern New Confucianism
- 现代集团 Xiàndài Jítuán HyundaiHyundai, the South Korean corporation
- 现代音乐 xiàndàiyīnyuè modern musicmodern or contemporary music
- 科学技术现代化 kēxuéjìshùxiàndàihuà modernization of scienceModernization of science and technology, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations