今日

jīn rì

HSK 3.0 Level 5 Noun Uncommon

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Word relationships

Counterparts

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• 明日 míng rì 明日 míng rì tomorrow 明日 means 'tomorrow' in formal/literary style.: tomorrow

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• 今天 jīn tiān 今天 jīn tiān today 今日 is more formal/literary; 今天 is the everyday term for 'today'.: today

Usage notes

Collocations

Often used in fixed expressions like 今日头条 (today's headlines) or 今日事今日毕 (never put off till tomorrow what you can do today).

Formality

今日 is formal/literary; use 今天 in everyday speech.

Example Sentences

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今日 天气很好。

The weather is nice today.

他离家多年， 今日 终于归来。

After many years away from home, he finally returns today.

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Words Containing 今日

• 事到今日 事到今日 shì dào jīn rì: under the circumstances
• 今日事今日毕 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 今日头条 jīn rì tóu tiáo: Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app
• 今时今日 今时今日 jīn shí jīn rì: this day and age (dialect)
• 既有今日何必当初 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 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 时至今日 shí zhì jīn rì: (idiom) up to the present

Child Words of 今日

• 日 日 rì: sun
• 今 今 jīn: now