HSK 5 · Time

至今 zhìjīn “so far” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 至今 means

  1. so far
  2. to this day
  3. until now

How to say 至今

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale至zhì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale今jīn1st tone, high and level

至今 in a sentence

  1. 我至今还珍惜你十年前给我的项链。

    Wǒ zhìjīn hái zhēnxī nǐ shí nián qián gěi wǒ de xiàngliàn.

    I still cherish the necklace you gave me ten years ago.

    Sentence #9401695 from Tatoeba

  2. 我父亲至今从未去过国外。

    Wǒ fùqīn zhìjīn cóngwèi qùguo guówài.

    My father has never been overseas.

    Sentence #845142 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 宇宙的实际大小至今无人知道。

    Yǔzhòu de shíjì dàxiǎo zhìjīn wú rén zhīdao.

    To this day, nobody knows the actual size of the universe.

    Sentence #6141373 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 至今 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 至 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
至zhìto arrive
  • 一one · yī
  • 厶private · sī
  • 土earth · tǔ
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 至今

至 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.

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

Words related to 至今

Words with 至

甚至shènzhì · even至少zhìshǎo · at least至于zhìyú · as for截至jiézhì · up to以至yǐzhì · to such an extent that无微不至wúwēibúzhì · in every possible way

Words with 今

今天jīntiān · today今年jīnnián · this year如今rújīn · nowadays迄今为止qìjīnwéizhǐ · so far

More words: Time & Sequence

现代xiàndài · modern times夜yè · night一辈子yíbèizi · (for) a lifetime元旦Yuándàn · New Year’s Day中旬zhōngxún · middle third of a month逐渐zhújiàn · gradually最初zuìchū · at first丙bǐng · third (in a series)

FAQs

至今 (zhìjīn) means “so far” or “to this day”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhìjīn: zhì with a 4th 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. 至今 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhijin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 至今 from the suggestions. Typing zhijin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
至今 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.