现 xiàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 王 — king, ruler
- Made of
- 王 king, ruler 见 to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
现在
xiànzài
now
Characters in this word
在 zài
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 才 ability, talent, gift 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 现在几点了？ Xiànzài jǐ diǎn le? What time is it now?
- 我现在没有钱。 Wǒ xiànzài méiyǒu qián. I don't have any money right now.
- 你现在在哪儿？ Nǐ xiànzài zài nǎr? Where are you now?
Related words
- 在 zài at, in; to be (somewhere)
- 在家 zàijiā at home
- 正在 zhèngzài in the middle of (doing), -ing
- 上次 shàngcì last time
- 差 chà to lack, short of; to (in telling time)
- 下次 xiàcì next time
- 分 fēn minute; to divide
- 点 diǎn o'clock; dot; a little
- 小时 xiǎoshí hour
- 时间 shíjiān time
- 时候 shíhou time, moment
- 半天 bàntiān half a day