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至今

zhì jīn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

至今 (zhì jīn) means "so far; up to now". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 至今 means

1. so far
2. to this day
3. until now

The characters in 至今

• 至zhìto arrive; most; to
• 今jīnnow; the present time; current

Example sentences

• 两队至今均未尝败绩。
  Liǎng duì zhìjīn jūn wèicháng bàijì.
  Both teams are unbeaten.
• 我父亲至今从未去过国外。
  My father has never been abroad.
• 宇宙的实际大小至今无人知道。
  Yǔzhòu de shíjì dàxiǎo zhìjīn wúrén zhīdào.
  To date nobody knows the actual size of the cosmos.
• 那个男人的尸体至今仍未被找到。
  The body of that man still hasn't been found.
• 我至今还珍惜你十年前给我的项链。
  Wǒ zhìjīn hái zhēnxī nǐ shí nián qián gěi wǒ de xiàngliàn.
  I still cherish the necklace you gave me ten years ago.
• 自古至今，容忍的总是老百姓，被容忍的总是统治者。
  Zìgǔ zhìjīn, róngrěn de zǒngshì lǎobǎixìng, bèi róngrěn de zǒngshì tǒngzhìzhě.
  Since ancient times, it has always been the commoners who tolerate their ruler.

Words containing 至今

• 时至今日shí zhì jīn rì(idiom) up to the present; even now; now (in contrast with the past)

Where 至今 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Greatness, Principles & Courage (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhì jīn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.