现代

Hyundai's Chinese name 现代 (Xiàn dài) means 'modern/contemporary' — a semantic translation of the Korean brand name 현대 (hyeondae), which also means 'modern'. This is one of the more elegant semantic translations in automotive branding, with the meaning perfectly capturing the brand's forward-looking identity.

Character-by-character pronunciation

现代 uses 2 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.