今天 jīntiān

HSK level

Traditional form

今天 jīntiān

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí

今 jīn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of sounds coming out of the mouth. The current meaning "today" is a phonetic loan. The original meaning "moan" is now written as 吟 yín .

Positional decomposition

⿱人 rén ？

Number of Strokes

天 tiān

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a line above a person, representing the sky.

Positional decomposition

⿱一大

Number of Strokes

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天上 tiān shàng 有 yǒu 这么 zhè me 多 duō 的 de 灰 huī 云 yún ,我 wǒ 看 kān 今天 jīntiān 要 yāo 下 xià 雨 yǔ .

There are so many grey clouds I think it will rain today.

我 wǒ 认为 rènwéi 今天 jīntiān 天气 tiānqì 会 huì 好 hǎo , 晴 qíng 雨计显示 xiǎnshì 着 zhāo “晴 qíng ”嘛 ma .

I think the day will be fine, the glass is set fair.

今天 jīntiān 是 shì 愚人节 Yú rén jié .

Today is April Fools'Day .

我 wǒ 今天 jīntiān 上午 shàngwǔ 在 zài 镇上碰到 pèng dào 了 le 过去 guòqu 教过我 wǒ 的 de 老师 lǎoshī .

I knocked into my old teacher in the town this morning.

“ 嗨 hāi , 琪妮, ” 他 tā 说 shuì , “ 你 nǐ 今天 jīntiān 晚上 wǎnshang 有事 yǒu shì 吗 mǎ ?

" Hi, Ginny, " he said, " you busy tonight?

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 今天 jīntiān and their own compounds.

今 jīn

亼 jí

一 yī , 人 rén

乛 ya

天 tiān

一 yī , 大 dà

See all 213 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 今天 jīntiān in their composition.

今 jīn

念 niàn

鲶 nián , 唸 niàn , 稔 rěn , 捻 niǎn , 敜 niè , 棯 rěn , 淰 niǎn , 腍 rěn , 谂 shěn , 埝 niàn , 惗, 焾, 艌, 菍, 諗, 趝, 踗, 錜, 騐, 鯰 nián

琴 qín

含 hán

颔 hàn , 唅 hán , 晗 hán , 焓 hán , 琀 hán , 谽 hān , 鋡 hán , 娢, 梒, 浛, 筨, 莟, 蛿, 誝, 頷 hàn , 馠

岑 cén

涔 cén , 梣 cén , 侺, 埁, 琌, 硶

貪 tān

嗿 tǎn , 僋

陰 yīn

廕, 癊, 蔭 yīn

衾 qīn

贪 tān , 吟 yín , 矜 jīn , 黔 qián , 衿 jīn , 妗 jìn , 岒 qián , 庈 qín , 昑 qǐn , 紟 jīn , 芩 qín , 軡 Qián , 钤 qián , 雂 qín , 霒 yīn , 靲 qín , 仱, 坅, 忴, 扲, 枔, 棽, 欦, 汵, 玪, 砛, 笒, 耹, 肣, 蚙, 訡, 赺, 趻, 鈐, 鳹, 鹶, 黅

天 tiān

关 Guān

送 sòng

鎹 xx , 餸

卷 juǎn

圈 juān , 倦 juàn , 蜷 quán , 绻 quǎn , 惓 quán , 棬 quān , 踡 quán , 锩 juǎn , 鬈 quán , 勌, 啳, 埢, 婘, 淃, 犈, 睠, 箞, 綣 quǎn , 腃, 菤, 裷, 錈, 闂

拳 quán

郑 Zhèng

掷 zhì , 踯 zhí

眷 juàn

慻, 膡

滕 téng

藤 téng , 籐

巻 juǎn

圏 quān , 捲 juǎn

誊 téng

謄 téng

劵 juàn

勝 shèng

騰 téng

帣 juàn

縢 téng

飬 juàn

媵 yìng , 瀁 yàng , 懩, 攁, 癢 yǎng , 礢, 鱶

桊 juàn

纇, 勬, 颣 lèi

联 lián , 腾 téng , 券 quàn , 朕 zhèn , 咲, 豢 huàn , 関 guān , 塍 chéng , 弮 quān , 眹 zhèn , 螣 téng , 賸 shèng , 餋 juàn , 鲞 xiǎng , 黱 dài , 儯, 堘, 奍, 栚, 浂, 漛, 潫, 烪, 牶, 畻, 觠, 韏, 駦, 驣, 鮝, 鰧

奏 zòu

揍 zòu , 凑 còu , 湊 còu , 腠 còu , 辏 còu , 楱, 輳

吴 wú

误 wù , 娱 yú , 蜈 wú , 俣 yǔ , 悮 wù , 祦 wú , 鋘 wú , 麌 wú , 洖, 筽, 脵, 茣

昊 hào

癸 guǐ

葵 kuí , 睽 kuí , 揆 kuí , 戣 kuí , 暌 kuí , 鄈 kuí , 阕 què , 骙 kuí , 楑, 湀, 猤, 聧, 鍨, 闋, 騤

吞 tūn , 蚕 cán , 奣 wěng , 祆 xiān , 沗, 蝅, 蠺, 迗, 鴌, 龑

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