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现

xiàn

HSK 1 Character Traditional 現

What 现 means

1. to appear
2. present
3. now
4. existing
5. current

Example sentences

• 现在忙
  Xiànzài máng
  Busy right now.
• 现在呢？
  And now?
• 现实点！
  Be realistic!
• 现在睡。
  Sleep now.
• 现在去！
  Go now!
• 现在走！
  Go now!

Words starting with 现

• 现在xiàn zàinow; at present; currently
• 现代xiàn dàimodern times; modern age; modern era
• 现实xiàn shíreality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested
• 现场xiàn chǎngthe scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot; (at) the site
• 现象xiàn xiàngphenomenon; appearance
• 现金xiàn jīncash
• 现状xiàn zhuàngcurrent situation
• 现成xiàn chéngready-made; readily available
• 现代化xiàn dài huàmodernization
• 现有xiàn yǒucurrently existing; currently available
• 现任xiàn rènto occupy a post currently; current (president etc); incumbent…
• 现行xiàn xíngto be in effect; in force; current
• 现今xiàn jīnnow; nowadays; modern
• 现代人xiàn dài rénmodern man; Homo sapiens
• 现存xiàn cúnextant; existent; in stock
• 现实主义xiàn shí zhǔ yìrealism
• 现时xiàn shícurrent
• 现年xiàn nián(a person's) current age
• 现阶段xiàn jiē duànat the present stage
• 现代性xiàn dài xìngmodernity
• 现货xiàn huòmerchandise or commodities available immediately after sale; merchandise in stock…
• 现世xiàn shìthis life; to lose face; to be disgraced
• 现如今xiàn rú jīnnowadays; now
• 现代派xiàn dài pàimodernist faction; modernists

Words containing 现

• 发现fā xiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
• 出现chū xiànto appear; to arise; to emerge
• 表现biǎo xiànto show; to show off; to display
• 实现shí xiànto achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
• 体现tǐ xiànto embody; to reflect; to incarnate
• 呈现chéng xiànto appear; to emerge; to present (a certain appearance)
• 展现zhǎn xiànto unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display
• 涌现yǒng xiànto emerge in large numbers; to spring up; to emerge prominently
• 兑现duì xiàn(of a check etc) to cash; to honor a commitment
• 浮现fú xiàn(of a thought or image) to come to mind; (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face)…
• 显现xiǎn xiànappearance; to appear
• 再现zài xiànto recreate; to reconstruct (a historical relic)
• 重现chóng xiànto reappear
• 闪现shǎn xiànto flash
• 凸现tū xiànto come to prominence; to appear clearly; to stick out
• 若隐若现ruò yǐn ruò xiàn(idiom) faint; indistinct
• 表现力biǎo xiàn lìexpressive power
• 昙花一现tán huā yī xiànlit. the night-blooming cactus shows once; flash in the pan (idiom); short-lived
• 丢人现眼diū rén xiàn yǎnto make an exhibition of oneself; to be a disgrace
• 活灵活现huó líng huó xiànliving spirit, living image (idiom); true to life; vivid and realistic
• 时隐时现shí yǐn shí xiànappearing and disappearing (idiom); intermittently visible
• 神气活现shén qì huó xiànarrogant appearance; smug appearance; to act condescending
• 四个现代化sì ge xiàn dài huàDeng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s…
• 变现biàn xiànto realize (an asset); to liquidate; to sell for cash; to monetize

Characters built on 见

These share the phonetic component 见 (jiàn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 舰jiànwarship
• 岘xiànabbr. for 岘首山; Mt Xianshou in Hubei; steep hill
• 苋xiànamaranth (genus Amaranthus); Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)…
• 蚬xiǎnbasket clam (clam of family Corbiculidae); (esp.) Corbicula leana 真蚬
• 笕jiǎnbamboo conduit; water pipe of bamboo
• 枧jiǎnbamboo conduit; wooden peg; spout

Characters that look like 现

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

• 规guīcompass; a rule; regulation
• 视shì(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 绕ràoto wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around
• 珑lóngtinkling of gem-pendants
• 陇Lǒngshort name for Gansu 甘肃
• 砚yànink-stone

Sounds the same

Read xiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 线thread; string; wire
• 羡to envy
• 限to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit
• 献to offer; to present; to dedicate
• 县county; (Japan) prefecture
• 宪statute; constitution
• 陷pitfall; trap; to get stuck
• 馅filling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc)
• 见to appear; also written 现
• 腺gland
• 霰graupel; snow pellet; soft hail
• 苋amaranth (genus Amaranthus); Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)…