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[1] present; recent; modern [2] now; currently; presently; nowadays [3] immediately; right away Stroke count: 4
Level: 1
Radical: 亻 (#9)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 令 |
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今日 gam1 jat6 = today 今天 gam1 tin1 = today 國 今年 gam1 nin4 = this year 今晚 gam1 maan5/maan5*1 = tonight 今個月 gam1 go3 jyut6 = this month 粵 今朝 gam1 ziu1 = this morning 今後 gam1 hau6 = henceforth 今次 gam1 ci3 = this time 粵 今期 gam1 kei4 = current issue, term, etc... 如今 jyu4 gam1 = now; this instance 而今 ji4 gam1 = now, at the present time 今朝早 gam1 ziu1 zou2 = this morning 粵 至今 zi3 gam1 = until now 現今 jin6 gam1 = now, nowadays, modern 迄今 ngat6 gam1 = so far; up till now 國 今世 gam1 sai3 = this life; this age 今兒 gam1 ji4 = today 國 今昔 gam1 sik1 = past and present; yesterday and today 今晨 gam1 san4 = this morning 今生 gam1 saang1 = this life 今譯 gam1 jik6 = modern language version; modern translation; contemporary translation 今音 gam1 jam1 = modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character 博古通今 bok3 gu2 tung1 gam1 = conversant with things past and present - erudite and informed 今勻 gam1 wan4 = this time 粵 在今年年底 zoi6 gam1 nin4 nin4 dai2 = at the end of this year 今日美國 gam1 jat6 mei5 gwok3 = USA Today 今個禮拜 gam1 go3 lai5 baai3 = this week 今時今日 gam1 si4 gam1 jat6 = right now; at this time; nowadays 今晚黑 gam1 maan5 hak1 = this evening 粵 從今 cung4 gam1 = from now on 從今以後 cung4 gam1 ji5 hau6 = henceforth 今夜 gam1 je6 = tonight 當時今日 dong1 si4 gam1 jat6 = thus, hitherto 暨今 kei3 gam1 = up to the present; until now 今屆 gam1 gaai3 = this session (of an event) 粵 早知今日,何必當初 zou2 zi1 gam1 jat6, ho4 bit1 dong1 co1 = if you had foresight into today, you wouldn't have to have chosen yesterday's path 今非昔比 gam1 fei1 sik1 bei2 = the present cannot be compared with the past; things have changed 時至今日 si4 zi3 gam1 jat6 = up until now 當今 dong1 gam1 = now; at present; the present day 今晚打老虎 gam1 maan5 daa2 lou5 fu2 = Comment allez-vous? ; how are you? 粵 大長今 daai6 coeng4 gam1 = Dae Jang Geum |
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Showing all 54 examples containing 今
我係今日返屋企㗎。 粵
I returned home only today. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131851 ]
今日星期幾? 粵
What is the day (of today)? [The answer will be: 今日星期一/二/三/... (gam1 jat6 sing1 kei4 jat1 / ji6 / saam1 / ...) ]
今日幾多號? 粵
What is the date (of today)? [The possible response will be: 今日|the date|號。 e.g. 今日十二號。 gam1 jat6 sap6 ji6 hou4 。]
婆婆,你今年貴庚呀? 粵
Po Po (an elderly woman), how old are you? [Scenario: A person is talking to an elderly woman. ]
阿媽今晚唔煮飯,要食自己。 粵
Mum is not going to cook tongiht, so we/I have to have dinner on our/my own. [Usually mother cooks at home every night. If she does not cook, it implies that she is out at night, so the entire family has to think about the dinner stuff.]
今年學費貴過舊年 粵
This year's tuition fees are more than last year's. [Lit. This year study fee expensive-surpass last year.]
今次嘅案件真係好棘手 粵
The case I'm working on is very thorny. [Lit. This time [possessive particle] case really very problematic.]
我聽朝喺六點鐘開工,所以我今晚唔可以行公司 粵
I‘ve got to start work at six tomorrow, so I can't go shopping tonight. [Lit. I tomorrow morning at six o'clock start-work, therefore I this-evening cannot go-shopping]
點解我今日冇見到你呀 粵
Why didn't I see you today? [Lit. why I today not-have see-arrive you [particle]? [maybe on the telephone]]
佢今日寫嗰啲嘢,乜嘢都九唔搭八 粵
Nothing he wrote today made sense. [Lit. He today write those things, what also nonsensical]
唔係呃,我今朝重未見到佢。 粵
No, I haven't seen him yet this morning. [呃 [aak3] is a final particle used here to emphasize a denial of sth which is often detailed immediately after it.]
今日冇琴日咁熱。 粵
It is not so hot today as it was yesterday. [Parsing: 今日 today | 冇 is not | 琴日 yesterday | 咁 so | 熱 hot. The Cantonese structure is much simpler than the English.]
今日成朝開籠雀噉梗係男朋友返咗嚟 粵
She’s been talking non-stop the whole morning. Probably because the boyfriend has come back. [Alternative (more literal) translation: She was singing the whole morning like a bird (not in captivity). The boyfriend must have returned to her.]
今次嘅舞蹈演出婀娜多姿,舞蹈家非常有水準! 粵
This dance performance used many different styles but were all elegant.The dancers were excellent!
今日雖然只係第二日... 粵
Today, although is just the second day ... [Usually this sentence is followed by saying how unexpected the situation has developed into, even though it is just the second day of the event/situation. ]
今次你真係有排煩 粵
Now you've got a whole bunch of problems. [Lit. This-time you really have unending problems.]
今日畀蚊咬到成身蚊𧕴。 粵
I was covered by mosquito bites today. [Lit. Today by mosquito bite arrive whole-body mosquito-bite]
我今朝發咗個夢,係關於你嘅。 喺夢裡面我見到你同我一齊玩器械。 粵
This morning I had a dream, it was about you. In the dream I saw us playing the equipment together
今日所講嘅係國民教育。 粵
What I'm going to talk today is national education. [所 is used before the first verb 講 to form the first noun phrase 今日所講嘅, indicating that the second noun phrase (國民教育) must be a 'topic'. If 所 is omitted, the second noun phrase could either be a 'topic' or a 'speaker'. ] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |