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现在

xiàn zài

HSK 1 · word 396 of 3,000

Meaning

• now; at present; currently

Example sentence

Characters in 现在

• 现 xiàn present, current; to appear
• 在 zài to exist; to be alive

现 present plus 在 at. Literally at the present, and 现 recurs in 发现 to discover and 出现 to appear.

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