今 jīn
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jīn
noun
today; present; now
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Often beginning a sentence that ends in 也 to mean 'now' in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '今' n 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 119; Unihan '今'; XHZD '今', p. 351) -
jīn
proper noun
Jin
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '今' n 2) -
jīn
adjective
modern
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '今' adj)
Contained in
- 今晚谁当家(今晚誰當家) Jinwan Shei Dang Jia
- 今后(今後) henceforth; from now on; future
- 今天 today ; at the present; now
- 即今 immediately; right away
- 今年 this year
- 今日长缨在手(今日長纓在手) with the long cord in hand today
- 讫今(訖今) until now
- 今时今日(今時今日) this day and age
- 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
- 今儿(今兒) today
- 今次 this; the present (meeting etc); this time; this once
- 今晚 tonight
- 谈古论今(談古論今) to talk of the past and discuss the present; to chat freely; to discuss everything
- 今夕 tonight
- 今儿个(今兒個) today
- 今朝 at the present; now
- 而今 now; at the present (time)
- 借古喻今 to borrow the past as a model for the present
- 迄今为止(迄今為止) so far; up to now
- 如今 nowadays; now
- 厚古薄今 to revere the past and neglect the present
- 今世 this age ; this life; this generation
- 今夜 tonight; this evening
- 贻范古今(貽範古今) to leave an example for all generations
- 古今中外 at all times and in all places
- 今生 this life
- 茹古涵今 to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)
- 自今 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
- 今岁(今歲) this year
- 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
- 事到今日 under the circumstances; the matter having come to that point
- 今人 modern people
- 今日 today ; at present
- 今世闇于性(今世闇於性) this generation does not understand nature
- 居今稽古 to live in the present with thinking from the past
- 古今 then and now; ancient and modern
- 借古讽今(借古諷今) to use the past to disparage the present
- 迄今 until now
- 博古通今 conversant with things past and present; erudite and informed
- 今音 modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character
- 贯穿今古(貫穿今古) connection between the present and past
- 目今 nowadays; at present; as things stand
- 今非昔比 things are very different now ; times have changed
- 今为荡子妇(今為蕩子婦) now she is a wandering man's wife
- 是古非今 the old [way] is true, new is false
Also contained in
今古文 、 今文 、 古今韵会举要 、 今文经 、 古今小说
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: 83
- 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: 78
- 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: 76
- 卷二十六 韓一 Chapter 26: Han I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 69
Collocations
- 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: 8
- 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
- 今商 (今商) 今商王受 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 泰誓上 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration I — count: 5
- 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
- 在今 (在今) 在今予小子旦 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 君奭 Zhou Shu - Prince Shi — count: 3
- 维今 (維今) 維今之疚 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧召旻 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Shao Min — count: 2
- 今命 (今命) 今命爾予翼 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 君牙 Zhou Shu - Kun-ya — count: 2