現在

See also: 现在

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
alt. forms		見在／见在 archaic

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànzài

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶ zoi⁶
• Gan (Wiktionary): xien⁵ 'cai⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hien-chhai / hian-chhai
• Min Dong (BUC): hiêng-câi
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiān-chāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hing⁷ zai⁶ / hêng⁷ zai⁶ / hiang⁷ zai⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): hhi ze (T3)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): xian⁵ zai⁵

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

      edit edit 現在／现在 見在／见在

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁶ zoi⁶
    • Yale: yihn joih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ dzoi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² t͡sɔːi̯²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: xien⁵ 'cai⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛn¹¹ ˈt͡sʰai¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hien-chhai
    • Hakka Romanization System: hien cai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian⁴ cai⁴
    • IPA: /hi̯en⁵⁵ t͡sʰa̯i⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hian-chhai
    • Hakka Romanization System: hian cai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian⁴ cai⁴
    • IPA: /hi̯an⁵⁵ t͡sʰa̯i⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hiêng-câi
    • IPA ^(key): /hieŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒɑi²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-chāi
    • Tâi-lô: hiān-tsāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnzai
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn³³⁻¹¹ t͡saɪ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡saɪ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hing⁷ zai⁶ / hêng⁷ zai⁶ / hiang⁷ zai⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hīng tsăi / hēng tsăi / hiāng tsăi
    • IPA ^(key): /hiŋ¹¹ t͡sai³⁵/, /heŋ¹¹ t͡sai³⁵/, /hiaŋ¹¹ t͡sai³⁵/
    • Note: hing7 zai6 - Chaozhou; hêng7 zai6 - Jieyang; hiang7 zai6 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhi ze (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦi²² z̻ᴇ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: xian⁵ zai⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕiæn²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sai²¹⁻¹¹/

Adverb

現在

1. at present; now

   我現在沒有辦法工作。 [MSC, trad.]

   我现在没有办法工作。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiànzài méiyǒu bànfǎ gōngzuò. [Pinyin]

   There's no way I can work now.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 現在 (“now”)
Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Beijing	現在
	Taiwan	現在
Cantonese	Guangzhou	而家、依家
	Hong Kong	而家、依家
	Taishan	該時
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	這下、現下、今下、今時、今這下
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	這下、現下、今嘎、今這下
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	這下、現下、今這下
	Dongshi (Dabu)	這下、現下、今這下、這滿
	Taiwanese Raoping	這下、現下、今這下、今下、今時
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	這下、現時、今這下
Min Nan	Taipei	這馬
	Kaohsiung	今、這時、這陣、這馬
	Tainan	今、這時、這陣、這馬
	Taichung	這馬、這陣
	Yilan	今、這陣、這馬
	Lukang	這陣、這馬、這路尾
	Sanxia	這馬
	Kinmen	這陣
	Magong	這陣、今
	Hsinchu	這陣、這馬
Wu	Wenzhou	恁界

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 [géꜜǹzàì] (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 term
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”