HSK 5 · Time

如今 rújīn “nowadays” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 如今 means

  1. nowadays
  2. now

How to say 如今

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale如rú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale今jīn1st tone, high and level

如今 in a sentence

  1. 起初他以为英语很难，如今他觉得很简单。

    Qǐchū tā yǐwéi Yīngyǔ hěn nán, rújīn tā juéde hěn jiǎndān.

    At first he thought English was very hard, but now he finds it easy.

    Sentence #11243409 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 城堡如今已经成了废墟。

    Chéngbǎo rújīn yǐjīng chéng le fèixū.

    The castle is now in ruins.

    Sentence #12267890 from Tatoeba

  3. 如今很多的货物都由飞机运送。

    Rújīn hěn duō de huòwù dōu yóu fēijī yùnsòng.

    Many goods are now transported by air.

    Sentence #408272 from Tatoeba

How 如今 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 如 (rú) with each of its parts in a different colour
如rúas
  • 女woman · nǚ
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 今 (jīn) drawn as one shape
今jīnnow

今 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 如今

如 6 strokes · 今 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

如今 (rújīn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 如今 (rújīn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 如今

Words with 如

如果rúguǒ · if比如bǐrú · for example例如lìrú · for example不如bùrú · not equal to假如jiǎrú · if如何rúhé · how譬如pìrú · for example犹如yóurú · just like称心如意chènxīnrúyì · to be completely satisfied一如既往yìrújìwǎng · as always

Words with 今

今天jīntiān · today今年jīnnián · this year至今zhìjīn · so far迄今为止qìjīnwéizhǐ · so far

More words: Time & Sequence

期间qījiān · period of time日历rìlì · calendar日期rìqī · date日子rìzi · day时代shídài · age时刻shíkè · time时期shíqī · period未来wèilái · future

FAQs

如今 (rújīn) means “nowadays” or “now”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it rújīn: rú with a 2nd tone, then jīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 如今 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rujin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 如今 from the suggestions. Typing rujin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
如今 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.