今 (gam1 | jin1) : current, now

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今

gam1

jin1

[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.

今

Don't confuse with:
令

This word has been viewed 16553 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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今日 gam1 jat6 jin1 ri4 = today

今天 gam1 tin1 jin1 tian1 = today 國

今年 gam1 nin4 jin1 nian2 = this year

今晚 gam1 maan5/maan5*1 jin1 wan3 = tonight

今個月 gam1 go3 jyut6 = this month 粵

今朝 gam1 ziu1 jin1 zhao1 = this morning

今後 gam1 hau6 jin1 hou4 = henceforth

今次 gam1 ci3 = this time 粵

今期 gam1 kei4 jin1 qi1 (PRC), jin1 qi2 (Taiwan) = current issue, term, etc...

如今 jyu4 gam1 ru2 jin1 = now; this instance
See all 41 compounds (CantoDict reports 39 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 54 examples containing 今

我今年八歲。
I'm eight this year.

你今日打算去邊度呀？粵
Where do you plan on going today?

今日過成點呀? 粵
How was your day today?

我今日未食早餐粵
I haven't eaten breakfast yet today

我今日唔會食早餐粵
Today I'm not going to eat breakfast

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 。]

今日天氣好好。粵
Today's weather is nice.

今晚食乜餸？粵
What are the side dishes for dinner?

你今年幾歲？
How old are you?

阿媽今日煲咗湯。粵
Mum has cooked soup today.

今晚你慢慢玩粵
Enjoy yourselves this evening.
[Lit. This evening slowly play]

今晚我媽咪接我粵
My mum'll pick me up this evening.
[Lit. this evening I mom collect me]

今日喺幾多號？粵
What's the date today?
[Lit. today at how-many day-of-the-month]

我今日好黑仔啊！粵
I'm so unlucky today!

我們今年的聖誕樹要買真的還是人造的？國
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?

今年聖誕節不要喝醉喔！國
Don't get drunk this Christmas!

今年聖誕節不要在我身上花錢喔！國
Don't spend your money on me this Christmas!

今天天空飄著朵朵雲國
The sky is filled with clouds today
[朵: do2 and doe2 are equally correct.]

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.]

我今晚要當值。
I'm on duty tonight.
[Lit: I need to be on duty tonight.]

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]]

你啲頭髮平時咁撈攪，點解今晚梳頭粵 ?!
Your hair's normally so messy, why've you combed it this evening?

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]

佢今朝要去見工。粵
He's attending a job interview this morning.
[[國] 他今天早上要去參加求職面試。]

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.]

佢今日冇返工，唔通佢病咗？粵
He did not go to work today; could it be he's sick?

今日我同我女朋友掟煲粵
I broke up with my girlfriend today.

琴日都好地地嘅，今日就發燒囉。粵
It was all fine yesterday; the fever just came up today.

今晚咁多餸；梗係食唔晒啦。粵
There's so much food tonight; of course I can't finish the lot.

我今日好頹/頹廢啊…
I feel dispirited today.

你今日嘅打扮真係潮爆！粵
You look really fashionable today!
[Your style is very up to date.]

今日冇堂上，因為琴日上咗堂。粵
There is no class today, because we had one yesterday.

今日報紙我擸過吓粵
I have a quick glance at today's newspaper.

今次嘅比賽我哋全軍覆沒，輸得好慘。粵
During the competition, our team was completely annihilated by theirs.

今次婚禮嘅場面認真巴閉粵
The wedding ceremony was really grand

佢今日嘅情况係佢咎由自取粵
He has only himself to blame for the plight he is in now.

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.]

今次環遊世界令我大開眼界粵
Traveling around the world really expanded my horizons.

今次你好嘢，不過下次冇咁好彩嘅嘞！粵
You got away this time, but you won't be so lucky next time!

佢今年八十歲啦，重係咁精神爽利粵
She is already eighty this year, yet she is still full of life and zest.

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

今春絢麗的花卉凋謝殆盡國
This spring's flowers have nearly all withered away.

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'. ]

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