如今
rújīnTraditional: 如今
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Translation
nowadays, these days, now
Word origin
A compound of 如 (rú, like, as) and 今 (jīn, now, the present), giving the literary sense of as things stand today.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 如 (rú, as) + 今 (jīn, now)
Stroke order
如
今
Examples
。
Life nowadays is much better than before.
。
These days many people pay with their phones.
。
Now he has become a doctor.
村庄。
That small village has now become a big city.
，段。
Looking back now, those days were truly wonderful.
如今 (rú jīn) means nowadays or these days, a slightly more literary equivalent of 现在 that often contrasts the present with the past. It typically opens a clause to set the time frame.
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