Chinese edit

near-modern times; recent era history
trad. (近代史) 近代
simp. #(近代史) 近代

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

近代史

  1. modern history

Usage notes edit

中國近代史 is defined by the government of the People's Republic of China as the period between 1840 (the year of the outbreak of the First Opium War) and 1949 (before the establishment of the People's Republic of China).