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Meaning of 今

Pinyin jīn

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Definition

today / modern / present / current / this / now

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今 [jīn] 1. Now. 现在。 - 例: 今天 (today), 现在 (currently), 这次 (this time). 2. Modern times; contemporary. Opposite of "ancient". 现代;当代。与“古”相对。 - 例: 今上 (the current emperor during the imperial era), 今体 (the contemporary literary forms as opposed to ancient styles). 3. Also pronounced as 金 [jīn], meaning gold. 通“金”。 - 例: 今蝉蜕壳 (literally "gold cicada shedding its shell," a metaphor for escaping using clever means). 4. Surname. 姓。副 [Adverb] 即将;立刻;马上 (immediately; at once; right away). - 例: 战胜敌人，就要立刻欢庆。连 [Conjunction] 假使，如果 (if). - 例: 假如今天下雨，我们就改日出去。代 [Pronoun] 这，此 (this). - 例: 今次 (this time), 今早 (this morning).

借古喻今 jiè gǔ yù jīn

to borrow the past as a model for the present

今夏 jīn xià

This summer

今夕 jīn xī

Tonight

今宵 jīn xiāo

tonight

今後 jīn hòu

hereafter / henceforth / in the future / from now on

今昔 jīn xī

past and present / yesterday and today

今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ

things are very different now (idiom) / times have changed

抚今追昔 fǔ jīn zhuī xī

recall the past in the light of the present

今不如昔 jīn bù rú xī

things are not as good as they used to be

今晨 jīn chén

this morning

震古烁今 zhèn gǔ shuò jīn

shaking the old and illuminating the new (idiom); surpassing the ancients and dazzling contemporaries / glorious and world-shattering

如今 rú jīn

nowadays / now

今年 jīn nián

this year

今日 jīn rì

today

今后 jīn hòu

hereafter / henceforth / in the future / from now on

至今 zhì jīn

so far / to this day / until now

今晚 jīn wǎn

tonight

当今 dāng jīn

current / present / now / nowadays

现今 xiàn jīn

now / nowadays / modern

今夜 jīn yè

tonight / this evening

古今 gǔ jīn

then and now / ancient and modern

迄今为止 qì jīn wéi zhǐ

so far / up to now / still (not)

迄今 qì jīn

so far / to date / until now

今儿 jīn r

(coll.) today

时至今日 shí zhì jīn rì

(idiom) up to the present / even now / now (in contrast with the past) / at this late hour

而今 ér jīn

now / at the present (time)

从今 cóng jīn

今儿个 jīn r ge

(coll.) today

今番 jīn fān

Imaban

今人 jīn rén

modern people

今天 jīn tiān

today / at the present / now

借古讽今 jiè gǔ fěng jīn

to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)