今
jīn
Pinyin
Definition
今
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- now
- the present time
- current
- contemporary
- this (day, year etc)
Character Decomposition
Compounds (19)
- 1 to read
- 2 to study (a subject)
- 3 to attend (a school)
- 4 to read aloud
- 5 to miss (sb)
- 6 idea
- 7 remembrance
- 8 twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿, 20)
- 1 to keep
- 2 to contain
- 3 to suck (keep in your mouth without chewing)
- 1 guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] (a type of zither)
- 2 musical instrument in general
Idioms (12)
今日事今日毕
- 1 never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
今朝有酒今朝醉
- 1 to live in the moment (idiom)
- 2 to live every day as if it were one's last
- 3 to enjoy while one can
今非昔比
- 1 things are very different now (idiom)
- 2 times have changed
借古讽今
- 1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
厚古薄今
- 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
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。
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.
今天时间不够,我们只好走马看花。
We don’t have enough time today. We can only rush through sightseeing.
我今天晚上又要加班了。
I have to work overtime again tonight.
今天的表演几点开始?
At what time does today's performance start?
好,喝吧!我们今天不醉不归!
Ok, let’s drink! Let’s get wasted today!
老板,今天的活动没那么顺利,但是我们明天会改进的。
Boss, the event didn’t go very well today, but we will do better tomorrow.
今年的景气不好,业绩大概上不去了。
The sales number probably won't go up due to this year's recession.
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?
I didn't get the file from the meeting this morning. Could anyone send it to me?
不知道啊,今年很倒霉。
I have no idea. I'm in bad luck this year.
去年已经很热了,今年比去年还热。
It was already very hot last year and yet this year is hotter than last year.