| 今 | 1089A50 81.32 | 部居  | 畫數 4 | ㄐㄧㄣ [jin1] | ||
| N. | The present time, here and now (opp. 古 ancient times): 博古通今 know all about ancient and modern times, erudite, learned; 今非昔比 times have changed; 如今，當今，方今 now (-a-days), at present; 至今 until now, up to the present; 迄今 ditto; 自今以後 from now on; 覺今是而昨非 now I have come to realize how wrong I have been all those years. | |||||
| Adj. | Present, this (opp. 昨 past, last): 今夜 [jin1ye4], 今天 [jin1tian1], 今兒個 [jin1er0ge0], 今晚 [jin1wan3], 今年 [jin1nian2]↓; 今夕何夕 pray, what night is tonight? 今人 contemporaries; 今體 [jin1ti3]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 今番 [jin1fan1], adv., this time, now. 2. 今後 [jin1hou4], adv., from now on, in the future, hereafter. 3. 今朝 [jin1zhao1], adv., today,,this morning. 4. 今兒（個） [jin1er0]('ge), n. & adv., today, (on) this day. 5. 今年 [jin1nian2], n. & adv., this year, (in) the current year. 6. 今日 [jin1ri4], n., & adv., today, this (very) day. 7. 今上 [jin1shang4], n., His Majesty the (present) King. 8. 今生 [jin1sheng1], n., this life (opp. 來生 the life to come). 9. 今昔 [jin1xi2], n., present and past, ancient and modern times: 今非昔比 no longer what it was before. 10. 今世 [jin1shi4], n., this world, this age, this generation. 11. 今天 [jin1tian1], n., & adv., today, this (very) day. 12. 今體 [jin1ti3], n., the modern style (of poetry, prose, script) (opp. 古體 old style). 13. 今茲 [jin1zi0], adv., now (-a-days), at the present time. 14. 今晚 [jin1wan3], n., this evening. 15. 今夜 [jin1ye4], n., tonight. 16. 今雨 [jin1yU3], n., new friends (opp. 舊雨 old friends, from allu. 舊雨來，今雨不來 (杜甫) old friends come even in rain, new friends do not). | |||||