现代化 (現代化) xiàndàihuà
noun
modernization
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: A example of a word that uses the nominal suffix 化 indicating change (Sun 2006, loc. 714)
Contained in
- 四个现代化(四個現代化) Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations ; Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology
- 科学技术现代化(科學技術現代化) modernization of science and technology
- 农业现代化(農業現代化) modernization of agriculture
- 第五个现代化(第五個現代化) fifth modernization
- 国防现代化(國防現代化) modernization of national defense
- 工业现代化(工業現代化) modernization of industry