xiàn

now; present; current

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 70th character
Radical ⽟ (96.4)
Strokes 8
Index # 949
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

现 xiàn
  1. 1. now
  2. 2. present
  3. 3. current
  4. 4. existing
  5. 5. to appear

Stroke order

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Words containing 现

Word Meaning
Officialdom Unmasked; late Qing novel
modernization of industry, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
cash in hand
postmodernism
to reappear; to persist (in memory)
intermittent; now you see it, now you don't
(coll.) to enjoy showing off
discovered; what one discovers
cash in hand
to discount
discount rate
to withdraw funds
undiscounted; full price
Records of the Eastern Han history
vivid and realistic
net present value (NPV)
scene of the crime
now; at this moment
karmic retribution within one's lifetime
fool; good-for-nothing
to pay on the spot
modern pentathlon
the modern form
modernity
Modern New Confucianism; see also xīn rú jiā