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Chinese[edit]
appear; present; now appear; present; now; existing; current |
(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (現在) | 現 | 在 | |
| simp. (现在) | 现 | 在 | |
| alternative forms | 見在／见在 archaic | ||
Etymology[edit]
- "the present; now"
- Originally a Buddhist calque of Sanskrit प्रत्युत्पन्न (pratyutpanna, “present; existing at the present moment”, past participle), from प्रति (prati, “upon; near; toward”) + उत्पन्न (utpanna, “occurred; arisen; mentioned”), from the verb root पद् (pad, “to go”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
現在
- now; the present time; the present moment; the current time
- 珍惜現在／珍惜现在 ― zhēnxī xiànzài ― to cherish the present
- 現在還早／现在还早 ― xiànzài hái zǎo ― It's still early.
- 現在的情況／现在的情况 ― xiànzài de qíngkuàng ― the current situation
- 現在幾點了？／现在几点了？ ― Xiànzài jǐdiǎn le? ― What time is it at the moment?
- 你現在在哪裡？／你现在在哪里？ ― Nǐ xiànzài zài nǎlǐ? ― Where are you now?
- 我在蒙自住過五個月，我的家也在那裡住過兩個月。我現在常常想起這個地方，特別是在人事繁忙的時候。蒙自小得好，人少得好。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 《蒙自雜記》
- Wǒ zài Méngzì zhù guò wǔ ge yuè, wǒ de jiā yě zài nàlǐ zhù guò liǎng ge yuè. Wǒ xiànzài chángcháng xiǎngqǐ zhè ge dìfang, tèbié shì zài rénshì fánmáng de shíhou. Méngzì xiǎo de hǎo, rén shǎo de hǎo. [Pinyin]
- I lived in Mengzi for five months, and my family two months. I often think of the place now, especially when my social life is busy. Mengzi is good because it's small and sparsely populated.
我在蒙自住过五个月，我的家也在那里住过两个月。我现在常常想起这个地方，特别是在人事繁忙的时候。蒙自小得好，人少得好。 [MSC, simp.]
- (literary) this life; this world
Synonyms[edit]
- (now):
Dialectal synonyms of 現在 (“now”) [map]
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Verb[edit]
現在
- (literary) to remain; to still exist
- (literary) to be alive
- (formal) to be currently at; to be currently in
Synonyms[edit]
- (to remain):
Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 現 | 在 |
| げん Grade: 5 |
ざい Grade: 5 |
| on’yomi | |
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- now, at present
- From the [http:／www.debian.org/intro/about.ja.html#what Debian とは一体何ですか?] ([http:, “WHAT is Debian?”) in the [http:／www.debian.org/intro/about.ja.html Debian について] ([http:, “About Debian”) homepage
- Debianは、現在Linuxカーネルを利用しています。
- Debianは、げんざいLinuxカーネルをりようしています。
- Debianwa, genzai Linux kāneru o riyō shite imasu.
- Debian is currently using the Linux kernel.
- Debianは、現在Linuxカーネルを利用しています。
- From the [http:／www.debian.org/intro/about.ja.html#what Debian とは一体何ですか?] ([http:, “WHAT is Debian?”) in the [http:／www.debian.org/intro/about.ja.html Debian について] ([http:, “About Debian”) homepage
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References[edit]
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Korean[edit]
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 現 | 在 |
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Vietnamese[edit]
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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| 現 | 在 |
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現在
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