(jīn tiān) - today in Mandarin
jīntiānTraditional: 今天
Translation
today
Word origin
今天 means 'today': 今 (jīn, 'now, present') plus 天 (tiān, 'day'). 天 is an ideograph of a line above 大 (a person), marking the sky overhead.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 今 (jīn, now) + 天 (tiān, day)
Stroke order
今
天
Examples
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The weather is nice today.
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Are you busy today?
？
What day of the week is today?
。
Today's meeting was cancelled.
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I am in a bad mood today.
今天 (jīn tiān) means today. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
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Grammar articles
(10)Mandarin Aspect Markers: 了, 在/正在, 过 - the System That Replaces Tense
Mandarin Comparatives: 比, 比较, 最, 跟…一样 and How to Say 'More', 'Most', 'Same As'
Mandarin Verb Conjugation: Why It Doesn't Exist and What Replaces It
Mandarin Conjunctions: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以, 如果…就 and the Paired Structures That Join Clauses
The Mandarin Copula 是 (shì): To Be, and When to Leave It Out
Mandarin Modal Verbs: 会, 想, 要, 应该, 可以, 能 and the Future-Intent Words 打算, 准备
Possession with 有 (yǒu): To Have, and Why It Is Never 不有
Mandarin Potential Complements: Can You Reach the Result? (吃得完, 听不懂, 买不起)
Mandarin Question Formation: 吗, V-Not-V, 还是, and the In-Situ Wh-Word System
The Mandarin 是…的 (shì...de) Construction: Highlighting When, Where, and How Something Happened
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