jīn

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Definitions

  1. 1. now
  2. 2. the present time
  3. 3. current
  4. 4. contemporary
  5. 5. this (day, year etc)

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 今

今天
jīn tiān

today

今年
jīn nián

this year

今后
jīn hòu

hereafter

今日
jīn rì

today

古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài

at all times and in all places (idiom)

如今
rú jīn

nowadays

从今以后
cóng jīn yǐ hòu
当今
dāng jīn

current

至今
zhì jīn

so far

迄今
qì jīn

so far

迄今为止
qì jīn wéi zhǐ

so far

也有今天
yě yǒu jīn tiān

(coll.) to get one's just deserts

事到今日
shì dào jīn rì

under the circumstances

事到如今
shì dào rú jīn

as matters stand

亘古通今
gèn gǔ tōng jīn

from ancient times up to now

今不如昔
jīn bù rú xī

things are not as good as they used to be

今世
jīn shì

this life

今人
jīn rén

modern people

今古文
jīn gǔ wén

Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经[liù jīng]

今夜
jīn yè

tonight

今文经
jīn wén jīng

Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars

今文经学
jīn wén jīng xué

Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars

今日事今日毕
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì

never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)

今日头条
jīn rì tóu tiáo

Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app

今早
jīn zǎo

this morning

今昔
jīn xī

past and present

今时今日
jīn shí jīn rì

this day and age (dialect)

今晚
jīn wǎn

tonight

今晨
jīn chén

this morning

今朝
jīn zhāo

(dialect) today

今朝有酒今朝醉
jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì

to live in the moment (idiom)

今村
jīn cūn

Imamura (Japanese name)

今次
jīn cì

this

今岁
jīn suì

(literary) this year

今生
jīn shēng

this life

今译
jīn yì

modern language version

今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ

things are very different now (idiom)

今音
jīn yīn

modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character

今体诗
jīn tǐ shī

same as 近體詩|近体诗[jìn tǐ shī]

借古喻今
jiè gǔ yù jīn

to borrow the past as a model for the present

借古讽今
jiè gǔ fěng jīn

to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)

刘贵今
liú guì jīn

Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue

博古通今
bó gǔ tōng jīn

conversant with things past and present

厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn

to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)

古今
gǔ jīn

then and now

古往今来
gǔ wǎng jīn lái

since ancient times

大长今
dà cháng jīn

Dae Jang Geum, a 2003 Korean historical drama TV series

将今论古
jiāng jīn lùn gǔ

to observe the present to study the past

既有今日何必当初
jì yǒu jīn rì hé bì dāng chū

see 早知今日何必當初|早知今日何必当初[zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū]

早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū

if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)

时至今日
shí zhì jīn rì

(idiom) up to the present

暨今
jì jīn

up to now

现今
xiàn jīn

now

目今
mù jīn

nowadays

而今
ér jīn

now

谈古论今
tán gǔ lùn jīn

to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom)

贵古贱今
guì gǔ jiàn jīn

to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)

贻范古今
yí fàn gǔ jīn

to leave an example for all generations

距今
jù jīn

before the present

震古烁今
zhèn gǔ shuò jīn

lit. to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom)