今 jīn
noun
today / modern / present / current / this / now
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Often beginning a sentence that ends in 也 to mean 'now' in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '今'; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 119; Unihan '今')
Contained in
- 今夕 tonight
- 今次 this / the present (meeting etc) / this time / this once
- 今后(今後) henceforth / from now on / future
- 从今(從今) from now on
- 今朝有酒今朝醉 to live in the moment / to live every day as if it were one's last / to enjoy while one can
- 如今 nowadays / now
- 贻范古今(貽範古今) to leave an example for all generations
- 事到如今 as matters stand / things having reached this stage
- 贵古贱今(貴古賤今) to revere the past and despise the present
- 亘古通今(亙古通今) from ancient times up to now / throughout history
- 也有今天 to get one's just deserts / to serve somebody right / to get one's share of (good or bad things) / every dog has its day
- 古往今来(古往今來) since ancient times / since times immemorial
- 今非昔比 things are very different now / times have changed
- 早知今日何必当初(早知今日何必當初) if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus
- 今年 this year
- 古今中外 at all times and in all places
- 自今以来(自今以來) from now on
- 茹古涵今 to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)
- 今时今日(今時今日) this day and age
- 今日事今日毕(今日事今日畢) never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
- 贯穿今古(貫穿今古) connection between the present and past
- 厚古薄今 to revere the past and neglect the present
- 今体诗(今體詩) jintishi style verse
- 现今(現今) now / nowadays
- 今生 this life
- 事到今日 under the circumstances / the matter having come to that point
- 目今 nowadays / at present / as things stand
- 今为荡子妇(今為蕩子婦) now she is a wandering man's wife
- 今晚 tonight
- 时至今日(時至今日) up to the present / even now
- 借古讽今(借古諷今) to use the past to disparage the present
- 自今 from now on
- 将今论古(將今論古) to observe the present to study the past
- 今世 this age ; this life / this generation
- 今世闇于性(今世闇於性) this generation does not understand nature
- 震古烁今(震古爍今) shaking the old and illuminating the new / surpassing the ancients and dazzling contemporaries
- 今晨 this morning
- 刘贵今(劉貴今) Liu Guijin
- 今夜 tonight / this evening
- 今译(今譯) modern language version / modern translation / contemporary translation
- 今井 Imai
- 今隶(今隸) jinli / new clerical
Also contained in
今圆 、 集古今佛道论衡 、 阿浮陀翅舍今披罗 、 今古文 、 大长今 、 今文经 、 稽舍今陂罗 、 古今译经图纪 、 续古今译经图纪
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷一上 光武帝紀 Volume 1a: Annals of Emperor Guangwu Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 147
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 102
- 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 88
- 第二 律曆中 賈逵論曆 永元論曆 延光論曆 漢安論曆 熹平論曆 論月食 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Two Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 84
- 卷107下 律曆志三下 Volume 107b Treatise 3: Treatise on Music and Calendars 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 79
- 卷二十 趙三 Chapter 20: Zhao III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 79
- 卷三十五 志第十五: 天文上 Volume 35 Treatises 15: Astronomy 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 78
- 卷十八 趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 77
- 卷一下 光武帝紀 Volume 1b: Annals of Emperor Guangwu Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 77
- 卷三十九 志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 72
Collocations
- 今君 (今君) 今君命大子曰仇 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 19
- 今予 (今予) 今予与有扈氏争一日之命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹誓（伪） Xia Shu - Yu Shi (forged) — count: 15
- 今茲 (今茲) 今茲之正 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧正月 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Zheng Yue — count: 13
- 今王 (今王) 今王嗣厥德 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 伊訓 Shang Shu - Instructions of Yi — count: 7
- 今楚 (今楚) 今楚在宋 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 6
- 今子 (今子) 今子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
- 今商 (今商) 今商王受 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 泰誓上 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration I — count: 5
- 在今 (在今) 在今予小子旦 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 君奭 Zhou Shu - Prince Shi — count: 4
- 今民 (今民) 今民將在祗遹乃文考 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 康誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement to the Prince of Kang — count: 4
- 民今 (民今) 民今方殆 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧正月 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Zheng Yue — count: 3