jīn

今

now / this

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Words with 今

今天 jīn tiān today; at the present HSK 1
今年 jīn nián this year HSK 1
今后 jīn hòu hereafter; henceforth HSK 2
至今 zhì jīn so far; to this day HSK 3
如今 rú jīn nowadays; now HSK 4
今日 jīn rì today HSK 5
当今 dāng jīn current; present HSK 7–9
迄今为止 qì jīn wéi zhǐ so far; up to now HSK 7–9
迄今 qì jīn so far; to date HSK 7–9
古今中外 gǔ jīn zhōng wài at all times and in all places (idiom) HSK 7–9
从今以后 cóng jīn yǐ hòu from now on; henceforward HSK 7–9

Examples from your lessons

  • 我爸爸今年四十五岁。 My dad is 45 years old this year. Lesson 2
  • 他今年多大? How old is he this year? Lesson 2
  • 你爸爸今年多大? How old is your dad this year? Lesson 2
  • 他今年五十岁。 He is fifty years old this year. Lesson 2
  • 今天星期几? What day is today? Lesson 3
  • 今天是星期三。 Today is Wednesday. Lesson 3

Character facts

Radical
人 man, person; people
Structure
Top–bottom
Unicode
U+4ECA

Ideographic: A mouth 亼 talking about things