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now; at present; currently

现在
xiàn zài
x+iàn·4th tonez+ài·4th tone
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Let's take a break now.
现在休息一下。
Kids these days think that any issue in life can be resolved as easily as restarting a computer game.
现在的孩子认为解决任何生活问题都像重新开始一个电脑游戏那么简单。
My father is very much involved in the stock market now.
我爸爸现在非常专注于股市。
He once knew her, but they are no longer friends.
他过去认识她，但他们现在不再是朋友了。
He should have arrived by now.
现在他应该已经到了。
Synonyms
Synonyms
current现时xiàn shínowadays; now如今rú jīnthe present time · (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty当今dāng jīnnow · nowadays · modern现今xiàn jīnnow · at the present (time)而今ér jīn(dialect) today · (literary) the present; this age今朝jīn zhāo
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