現在

§Chinese

		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

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànzài

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶ zoi⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): hien-chhai
• Min Nan (POJ): hiān-chāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiànzài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianntzay
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁶ zoi⁶
    • Yale: yihn joih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ dzoi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² t͡sɔːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hien-chhai
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /hi̯en⁵⁵ t͡sʰa̯i⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-chāi
    • Tâi-lô: hiān-tsāi
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn³³⁻¹¹ t͡saɪ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡saɪ²²/

§Adverb

現在

1. at present; now

§Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 即碼 (chit-má), 即陣 (chit-chūn)
• (Cantonese) 而家, 依家

§Noun

現在

1. the present, now

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§Japanese

Kanji in this term
現	在
げん Grade: 5	ざい Grade: 5
on'yomi

§Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) げ​んざい [géǹzàì] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞nza̠i]

§Noun

現在 (hiragana げんざい, romaji genzai)

1. the present, now

§Adverb

現在 (hiragana げんざい, romaji genzai)

1. now, at present
   • From the Debian とは一体何ですか? (“WHAT is Debian?”) in the Debian について (“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.

§Synonyms

• 今 (いま) (ima)
• 現時点 (げんじてん) (genjiten)

§See also

• 過去 (かこ, kako): (n.) the past
• 未来 (みらい, mirai): (n.) the future

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§Korean

Hanja in this word
現	在

§Noun

現在 (hyeonjae) (hangeul 현재)

1. Hanja form^? of 현재, “the present time”.

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§Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
現	在

§Noun

現在

1. Hán tự form of hiện tại, "the present"