只今

Chinese

		only; merely; just only; merely; just; but	today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now
trad. (只今)		只	今
simp. ^#(只今)		只	今

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: zhǐjīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyjin
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    只今
    紙巾／纸巾
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² gam¹
  - Yale: jí gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² gem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

只今

(literary) now

Synonyms

如今 (rújīn)
現在／现在 (xiànzài)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (只今):

Japanese: 只今 (ただいま) (tadaima)
Korean: 지금 (只今, jigeum)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
只	今
ただ Jinmeiyō	いま Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

ただ今, ただいま

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ただいま [tàdáímá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ta̠da̠ima̠]

Adverb

只今 (hiragana ただいま, rōmaji tadaima)

presently, right away, right now, just now

Interjection

只今 (hiragana ただいま, rōmaji tadaima)

hello; here I am; I'm home (said by a person coming back home, a stock phrase required by the Japanese etiquette)

See also

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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