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今

jīn

HSK 1 Character

What 今 means

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

Example sentences

• 今晚见。
  See you tonight.
• 今天我回家
  Jīntiān wǒ huíjiā
  Today I'm going home.
• 今天有风。
  Jīntiān yǒufēng.
  It's windy today.
• 今天很热。
  It is very hot today.
• 今天很冷。
  It's cold today.
• 今儿周一。
  It is Monday today.

Words starting with 今

• 今天jīn tiāntoday; the present time; now
• 今年jīn niánthis year
• 今日jīn rìtoday
• 今后jīn hòuhereafter; henceforth; in the future
• 今晚jīn wǎntonight
• 今夜jīn yètonight; this evening
• 今生jīn shēngthis lifetime
• 今儿jīn r(colloquial) today
• 今早jīn zǎothis morning
• 今朝jīn zhāo(dialect) today; (literary) the present; this age
• 今人jīn rénmodern people
• 今儿个jīn r ge(colloquial) today
• 今世jīn shìthis life; this age
• 今晨jīn chénthis morning
• 今非昔比jīn fēi xī bǐ(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed
• 今次jīn cìthis; the present (meeting etc); this time; this once
• 今文经jīn wén jīngFormer Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
• 今文经学jīn wén jīng xuéFormer Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
• 今日头条Jīn rì Tóu tiáoToutiao, personalized content recommendation app
• 今时今日jīn shí jīn rìthis day and age (dialect)
• 今音jīn yīnmodern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character
• 今古文jīn gǔ wénFormer Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six…
• 今村Jīn cūnImamura (Japanese surname)
• 今岁jīn suì(literary) this year

Words containing 今

• 如今rú jīnnowadays; now
• 至今zhì jīnso far; to this day; until now
• 迄今为止qì jīn wéi zhǐso far; up to now; still (not)
• 当今dāng jīnthe present time; (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty
• 而今ér jīnnow; at the present (time)
• 现今xiàn jīnnow; nowadays; modern
• 古今gǔ jīnthen and now; ancient and modern
• 迄今qì jīnso far; to date; until now
• 时至今日shí zhì jīn rì(idiom) up to the present; even now; now (in contrast with the past)
• 古今中外gǔ jīn zhōng wàiat all times and in all places (idiom)
• 距今jù jīnbefore the present; (a long period) ago
• 现如今xiàn rú jīnnowadays; now
• 从今以后cóng jīn yǐ hòufrom now on; henceforward
• 古往今来gǔ wǎng jīn láisince ancient times; since times immemorial
• 目今mù jīnnowadays; at present; as things stand
• 大长今Dà cháng jīnDae Jang Geum, a 2003 Korean historical drama TV series
• 也有今天yě yǒu jīn tiān(colloquial) to get one's just deserts; to serve sb right…
• 事到今日shì dào jīn rìunder the circumstances; the matter having come to that point
• 事到如今shì dào rú jīnas matters stand; things having reached this stage
• 博古通今bó gǔ tōng jīnconversant with things past and present; erudite and informed
• 古今小说Gǔ jīn Xiǎo shuōStories Old and New by Feng Menglong 冯梦龙
• 将今论古jiāng jīn lùn gǔto observe the present to study the past
• 谈古论今tán gǔ lùn jīnto talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom); to chat freely; to discuss everything
• 厚古薄今hòu gǔ bó jīnto revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)

Characters that look like 今

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 令lìngto order; to command; an order

Sounds the same

Read jīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 金gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
• 斤catty; (mainland) weight equal to 500 g; (Taiwan) weight equal to 600 g
• 巾towel; general purpose cloth; women's headcovering (old)
• 津saliva; sweat; a ferry crossing
• 筋muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin
• 襟lapel; overlap of Chinese gown; fig. bosom (the seat of emotions)
• 禁to endure
• 矜to boast; to esteem; to sympathize
• 衿collar; belt; variant of 襟
• 珒a kind of jade
• 祲evil force
• 紟a sash; to tie