现 xiàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 王 — king, ruler
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
现状
xiànzhuàng
current situation
Characters in this word
状 zhuàng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 犬 — dog
- Made of
- 丬 half of tree trunk 犬 dog
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 现状很好。 Xiànzhuàng hěn hǎo. The current situation is very good.
- 我了解现状。 Wǒ liǎojiě xiànzhuàng. I understand the current situation.
- 现状不太好。 Xiànzhuàng bú tài hǎo. The current situation is not very good.
Related words
- 现在 xiànzài now
- 出现 chūxiàn to appear
- 发现 fāxiàn to discover; to find
- 实现 shíxiàn to make real; to achieve
- 表现 biǎoxiàn to perform; to show how one does
- 体现 tǐxiàn to show; to embody
- 现场 xiànchǎng the scene; the site
- 现代 xiàndài modern
- 现金 xiànjīn cash
- 现实 xiànshí reality
- 现象 xiànxiàng phenomenon
- 现有 xiànyǒu existing; currently available