今天
jīntiān
today
Part of speech · noun
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今now
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Examples
- 今天是星期一。Today is Monday.
- 今天天气怎么样?How's the weather today?
Collocations
今天早上今天晚上从今天起
Mnemonic
今 jīn "now" + 天 tiān "day, sky" — literally "now-day". Compare 今天 (Chinese) ↔ 今日 (Japanese kyō, formal Korean geumil). Same hanja sphere, different compounds.
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