Kilo Lingo

现

xiàn

Traditional: 現

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Translation

to appear, to show; present, current (in compounds like 现在, 发现)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 现

现

Examples

？

What time is it now?

。

I discovered a problem.

口kǒu。

He suddenly appeared at the door.

科kē技jì展zhǎn。

Modern technology develops quickly.

退tuì。

He has now retired.

现 (xiàn) means to appear, to show, or present. It is rarely used on its own but anchors essential vocabulary like 现在 (now), 发现 (to discover), 出现 (to appear), and 表现 (to perform).

Related words

表现

performance; to show, to display

出现

to appear, to emerge, to occur

发现

to discover, to find

现在

now, at present

Appears in 5 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 现.

现在xiàn zàinow, at present发现fā xiànto discover, to find出现chū xiànto appear, to emerge, to occur现在xiàn zàinow, at present, currently表现biǎo xiànperformance; to show, to display

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