只今

Chinese

		only; merely; just only; merely; just; but	today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now
trad. (只今)		只	今
simp. #(只今)		只	今

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjin
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-chin¹
    • Yale: jř-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyjin
    • Palladius: чжицзинь (čžiczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² gam¹
    • Yale: jí gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 只今

1. (literary) now

Synonyms

• 如今 (rújīn)
• 現在／现在 (xiànzài)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (只今):

• → Japanese: 只今(ただいま) (tadaima)
• → Korean: 지금(只今) (jigeum)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
只	今
ただ Jinmeiyō	いま Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

• ただ今, ただいま

Adverb

只(ただ)今(いま) • (tadaima) 

1. presently, right away, right now, just now

Interjection

只(ただ)今(いま) • (tadaima) 

1. hello; here I am; I'm home (said by a person coming back home, a stock phrase required by the Japanese etiquette)

See also

• お帰りなさい, お帰り
• 行ってきます, いってきます
• いってらっしゃい