今天

Chinese

simpl. and trad.
今天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīntiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ tin¹
• Min Nan (POJ): kin-thian
• Wu (WT Romanisation): jin thi (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jīntiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jintian
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: gam¹ tin¹
    • Yale: gām tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ tin¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones: Add homophones
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin-thian
    • Tâi-lô: kin-thian
    • IPA (Taipei): /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɪɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin³⁴⁻²² tʰɪɛn³⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: jin thi (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɪ̆ɲ⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/

Noun

今天

1. (Beginning Mandarin), (formal) today
   • 你今天好像不太高兴。 [Beijing Mandarin, MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Nǐ jīntiān hǎoxiàng bù tài gāoxīng. [Pinyin]

     You don't look very happy today.

   • 今天是星期一，对吧？ [Beijing Mandarin, MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Jīntiān shì xīngqīyī, duì ba? [Pinyin]

     It's Monday today, isn't it?

2. (Beginning Mandarin) nowadays
   • 今天的机械代替了许多装配工作。 [Beijing Mandarin, MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Jīntiān de jīxiè dàitì le xǔduō zhuāngpèi gōngzuò. [Pinyin]

     Nowadays machinery is taking over some of the assembly jobs.

Synonyms

• 今日
• 今兒／今儿
• 今朝 (literary, regional, Wu)

Related terms

• 現在／现在
• 現代／现代

Derived terms

• 也有今天

See also

• 今仔日 kin-á-ji̍t (Min Nan)