jīn

  1. jīn noun today; present; now
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Often beginning a sentence that ends in 也 to mean 'now' in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '今' n 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 119; Unihan '今'; XHZD '今', p. 351)
  2. jīn proper noun Jin
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '今' n 2)
  3. jīn adjective modern
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '今' adj)
  4. jīn noun now; adhunā
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: adhunā, or: adya, Japanese: kon, or: kin, Tibetan: de ltar ram da lta (BCSD '今', p. 94; Mahāvyutpatti 'adhunā'; MW 'adhunā')

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今世目今当今借古喻今今译今生现今今天今儿个今非昔比早知今日何必当初今年事到如今今文今日事今日毕今晨今人亘古通今今隶今时今日今岁迄今为止贻范古今今日长缨在手今草今昔谈古论今即今今朝今晚今古文时至今日厚古薄今距今自今

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