现在

Character by character

• 现xiàn8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 現appear, manifest, become visible
• 在zài6 strokesHSK 1be at, in, on; consist in, rest

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 现在呢？

  Xiàn zài ne

  And now?

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• 现在就做！

  Xiàn zài jiù zuò

  Do it now!

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• 这里，现在。

  Zhè lǐ xiàn zài

  Here and now.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 现在. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 在zàiHSK 1

  to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

• 发现fā xiànHSK 2

  to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery

• 出现chū xiànHSK 2

  to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up

• 正在zhèng zàiHSK 1

  just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth)

• 表现biǎo xiànHSK 3

  to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior

• 存在cún zàiHSK 3

  to exist; to be; existence

• 现场xiàn chǎngHSK 3

  the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot; (at) the site

• 实现shí xiànHSK 2

  to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about

• 现实xiàn shíHSK 3

  reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested

• 实在shí zàiHSK 2

  really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality

• 在于zài yúHSK 4

  to be in; to lie in; to consist in; to depend on; to rest with

• 现金xiàn jīnHSK 3

  cash

• 现象xiàn xiàngHSK 3

  phenomenon; appearance

• 在家zài jiāHSK 1

  to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家)

• 现代xiàn dàiHSK 3

  modern times; modern age; modern era

• 所在suǒ zàiHSK 5

  place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located

• 在乎zài huHSK 4

  to care about; equivalent of 在于

• 展现zhǎn xiànHSK 5

  to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display

• 在场zài chǎngHSK 5

  to be present; to be on the scene

• 呈现chéng xiànHSK 7

  to appear; to emerge; to present (a certain appearance); to demonstrate

• 体现tǐ xiànHSK 3

  to embody; to reflect; to incarnate

• 不在乎bù zài huHSK 4

  not to care

• 在意zài yìHSK 7

  to care about; to mind

• 处在chǔ zàiHSK 5

  to be situated at; to find oneself at