今
jīn
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
今
jīn
  1. 1 now
  2. 2 the present time
  3. 3 current
  4. 4 contemporary
  5. 5 this (day, year etc)
今儿
jīn r5
  1. 1 (coll.) today
今年
jīn nián
  1. 1 this year
今后
jīn hòu
  1. 1 hereafter
  2. 2 henceforth
  3. 3 in the future
  4. 4 from now on
今日
jīn rì
  1. 1 today
今晚
jīn wǎn
  1. 1 tonight
如今
rú jīn
  1. 1 nowadays
  2. 2 now
今不如昔
jīn bù rú xī
  1. 1 things are not as good as they used to be
今世
jīn shì
  1. 1 this life
  2. 2 this age
今人
jīn rén
  1. 1 modern people
今儿个
jīn r5 ge
  1. 1 (coll.) today
今夜
jīn yè
  1. 1 tonight
  2. 2 this evening
今昔
jīn xī
  1. 1 past and present
  2. 2 yesterday and today
今晨
jīn chén
  1. 1 this morning
今朝
jīn zhāo
  1. 1 at the present
  2. 2 now
今次
jīn cì
  1. 1 this
  2. 2 the present (meeting etc)
  3. 3 this time
  4. 4 this once
今岁
jīn suì
  1. 1 (literary) this year
今生
jīn shēng
  1. 1 this life
今译
jīn yì
  1. 1 modern language version
  2. 2 modern translation
  3. 3 contemporary translation

Idioms (12)

今日事今日毕
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì
  1. 1 never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
今朝有酒今朝醉
jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì
  1. 1 to live in the moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to live every day as if it were one's last
  3. 3 to enjoy while one can
今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
  1. 1 things are very different now (idiom)
  2. 2 times have changed
借古讽今
jiè gǔ fěng jīn
  1. 1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū
  1. 1 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
  2. 2 to regret vainly one's past behavior
时至今日
shí zhì jīn rì
  1. 1 (idiom) up to the present
  2. 2 even now
  3. 3 now (in contrast with the past)
  4. 4 at this late hour
稽古振今
jī gǔ zhèn jīn
  1. 1 studying the old to promote the new (idiom)
谈古论今
tán gǔ lùn jīn
  1. 1 to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom)
  2. 2 to chat freely
  3. 3 to discuss everything
贵古贱今
guì gǔ jiàn jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
震古烁今
zhèn gǔ shuò jīn
  1. 1 shaking the old and illuminating the new (idiom); surpassing the ancients and dazzling contemporaries
  2. 2 glorious and world-shattering

Sample Sentences

我先生今儿出门儿的时候，说要和大学同学聚餐，我总觉得不对劲儿，一定有事儿，就打电话问了一个熟人，他就露馅儿了，我压根儿没想到他会这样骗我。
wǒ xiānsheng jīnr5 chūméner de shíhou ，shuō yào hé dàxué tóngxué jùcān ，wǒ zǒng juéde bùduìjìnr5 ，yīdìng yǒu shìr5 ，jiù dǎdiànhuà wèn le yīgē shúrén ，tā jiù lòuxiànr5 le ，wǒ yàgēnr5 méixiǎngdào tā huì zhèyàng piàn wǒ 。
When my husband went out today and said he was going to have dinner with his college friends, I couldn’t help feeling that something was wrong. I called an acquaintance and he gave my husband away. I had no idea he would lie to me like that.
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今天时间不够，我们只好走马看花。
jīntiān shíjiān bùgòu ，wǒmen zhǐhǎo zǒumǎkànhuā 。
We don’t have enough time today. We can only rush through sightseeing.
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我今天晚上又要加班了。
wǒ jīntiān wǎnshang yòu yào jiābān le 。
I have to work overtime again tonight.
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今天的表演几点开始？
jīntiān de biǎoyǎn jǐdiǎn kāishǐ ？
At what time does today's performance start?
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好，喝吧！我们今天不醉不归！
hǎo ，hē ba ！wǒmen jīntiān bùzuìbùguī ！
Ok, let’s drink! Let’s get wasted today!
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老板，今天的活动没那么顺利，但是我们明天会改进的。
lǎobǎn ，jīntiān de huódòng méinàme shùnlì ，dànshì wǒmen míngtiān huì gǎijìn de 。
Boss, the event didn’t go very well today, but we will do better tomorrow.
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今年的景气不好，业绩大概上不去了。
jīnnián de jǐngqì bùhǎo ，yèjì dàgài shàng bù qù le 。
The sales number probably won't go up due to this year's recession.
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今天早上开会的时候我没有拿到开会资料，有人可以传给我吗？
jīntiān zǎoshang kāihuì de shíhou wǒ méiyǒu nádào kāihuì zīliào ，yǒurén kěyǐ chuángei wǒ ma ？
I didn't get the file from the meeting this morning. Could anyone send it to me?
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不知道啊，今年很倒霉。
bù zhīdào a ，jīnnián hěn dǎoméi 。
I have no idea. I'm in bad luck this year.
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去年已经很热了，今年比去年还热。
qùnián yǐjīng hěn rè le ，jīnnián bǐ qùnián hái rè 。
It was already very hot last year and yet this year is hotter than last year.
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