只今

Chinese[edit]

		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[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gam¹

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[edit]

只今

(literary) now

Synonyms[edit]

如今 (rújīn)
現在／现在 (xiànzài)

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (只今):

→ Japanese: 只今(しこん) (shikon)
→ Korean: 지금(只今) (jigeum)

Japanese[edit]

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

Alternative spellings
ただ今唯今

Etymology 1[edit]

Short for 只今帰(ただいまかえ)りました (tadaima kaerimashita).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) ただいま [tàdáímáꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[1]^[4]
(Tokyo) ただいま [tàdáímá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ta̠da̠ima̠]

Interjection[edit]

只(ただ)今(いま) • (tadaima)

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

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ “只今”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
^ “只今”, in デジタル大辞泉‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
^ 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

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) ただいま [tàdáꜜìmà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ta̠da̠ima̠]

Adverb[edit]

只(ただ)今(いま) • (tadaima)

presently, right away, right now, just now

References[edit]

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
只	今
し Jinmeiyō	こん Grade: 2
on’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) しこん [shìkóńꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕikõ̞ɴ]

Conjunction[edit]

只(し)今(こん) • (shikon)

Just now, right now
Synonyms: ちょうど今 (chōdoima), 現在 (genzai)

References[edit]

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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
只	今

Noun[edit]

只今 • (jigeum) (hangeul 지금)

Hanja form^? of 지금 (“now”).

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ2-2] “只今”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000

[3] “只今”, in デジタル大辞泉‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[NHK-4] 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

[DJR-5] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-6] 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

[DJR-7] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-8] 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

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Pronunciation[edit]

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