今日

More information today; modern; presenttoday; modern; present; current; this; now, day; sun; dateday; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.) ...

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnrì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄖˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gam¹ jat⁶ / gam¹ mat⁶

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): gam¹ jak⁸

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gim¹ ngit⁴

(Yangjiang, Jyutping++): giem¹ jat⁶
Gan (Wiktionary): 'jin¹ nyit⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kîm-ngit

(Hailu, HRS): gim^ˋ ngid

(Meixian, Guangdong): gim¹ ngid⁵
Jin (Wiktionary): jing¹ reng¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kim-ji̍t / kim-li̍t / kin-ji̍t / kin-li̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): gim¹ rig⁸ / ging¹ rig⁸ / gim¹ rêg⁸
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gam¹ njat⁵
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): jin¹ r⁶ / jin¹ nyi⁶

(Loudi, Wiktionary): jin¹ ni^4* / din¹ ni^4*

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): jin¹ xi² / ji¹ i²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnrì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄖˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinrìh
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-jih⁴
  - Yale: jīn-r̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinryh
  - Palladius: цзиньжи (czinʹži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ jat⁶ / gam¹ mat⁶
  - Yale: gām yaht / gām maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ jat⁹ / gam¹ mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ yed⁶ / gem¹ med⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ jɐt̚²/, /kɐm⁵⁵ mɐt̚²/

Note: gam1 mat6 - from assimilation.

- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: gam¹ jak⁸
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm²¹³ zɐk̚²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gim¹ ngit⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kim³³ ᵑɡit̚²¹/
- (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
  - Jyutping++: giem¹ jat⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiɛm³³ jɐt̚⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'jin¹ nyit⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡ɕin⁴² n̠ʲit̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-ngit
  - Hakka Romanization System: gim^ˊ ngid^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ ngid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /kim²⁴ ŋit̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gim^ˋ ngid
  - Sinological IPA: /kim⁵³ ŋit⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gim¹ ngid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /kim⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ŋit̚¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jing¹ reng¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiŋ¹¹ ʐəŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-ji̍t
  - Tâi-lô: kim-ji̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimjit
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zit̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ zit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-li̍t
  - Tâi-lô: kim-li̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimlit
  - IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ lit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ lit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² lit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang, Medan, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin-ji̍t
  - Tâi-lô: kin-ji̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kinjit
  - IPA (Penang): /kin³³⁻²¹ d͡zit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /kin⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zit̚⁴³/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin-li̍t
  - Tâi-lô: kin-li̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kinlit
  - IPA (Singapore): /kin⁴⁴⁻²² lit̚⁴³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gim¹ rig⁸ / ging¹ rig⁸ / gim¹ rêg⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kim ji̍k / king ji̍k / kim je̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kim³³⁻²³ d͡zik̚⁴/, /kiŋ³³⁻²³ d͡zik̚⁴/, /kim³³⁻²³ d͡zek̚⁴/

Note:

gim1 rig8 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
ging1 rig8 - Chaozhou;
gim1 rêg8 - Jieyang.

Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: gam¹ njat⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kəm⁵³ ɲət̚²⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: jin¹ r⁶ / jin¹ nyi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin³³ ʐ̩²⁴/, /t͡ɕin³³ n̠ʲi²⁴/

Note:

jin1 r6 - vernacular;
jin1 nyi6 - literary.

- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: jin¹ ni^4* / din¹ ni^4*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴ ni³⁵⁻⁵/, /tin⁴⁴ ni³⁵⁻⁵/
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: jin¹ xi² / ji¹ i²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴⁵ ʑ̊i¹¹/, /t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁵ i¹¹/

Middle Chinese: kim nyit

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Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]r[ə]m C.nik/

(Zhengzhang): /*krɯm njiɡ/

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Noun

今日

(formal or dialectal) today
今日我去咗行山。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
gam¹ jat⁶ ngo⁵ heoi³ zo² haang⁴ saan¹. [Jyutping]
I went hiking today.
- 貞：今日其雨？ [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  贞：今日其雨？ [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 合511
  Zhēn: jīnrì qí yǔ? [Pinyin]
  Divine: today, will it rain?
- 今日病矣，予助苗長矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  今日病矣，予助苗长矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE
  Jīnrì bìng yǐ, yǔ zhù miáo zhǎng yǐ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(formal or dialectal) nowadays; the present time
- 今日亡虢，而明日亡虞矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]
  From: Commentary of Guliang, circa 206 BCE– 9 CE
  Jīnrì wáng Guó, ér míngrì wáng Yú yǐ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

今日 is considered formal in Standard Mandarin.

Synonyms

(today):

Dialectal synonyms of 今天 (“today”) [map]

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(nowadays): 今天 (jīntiān), 目前 (mùqián), 現在／现在 (xiànzài)

Derived terms

今日三，明日四
今日事，今日畢 / 今日事，今日毕 (jīnrì shì, jīnrì bì)
既有今日，何必當初 / 既有今日，何必当初 (jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū)
早知今日，何必當初 / 早知今日，何必当初 (zǎozhī jīnrì, hébì dāngchū)
早知今日，悔不當初 / 早知今日，悔不当初 (zǎozhī jīnrì, huǐ bù dāngchū)
時至今日 / 时至今日 (shízhìjīnrì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (今日):

→ Japanese: 今日(こんにち) (konnichi); 今日(こんじつ) (konjitsu)
→ Korean: 금일(今日) (geumil)

Rime
Character	今	日
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居吟切	人質切
Baxter	kim	nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪm/	/ȵiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚim/	/ȵit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiem/	/ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjim/	/ȵit̚/
Li Rong	/kjəm/	/ȵiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/kĭĕm/	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯əm/	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn	rì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam¹	jat⁶

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	今	日
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6599	10845
Phonetic component	今	日
Rime group	侵	質
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	金	日
Old Chinese	/*krɯm/	/*njiɡ/
Notes	文源謂含初文

今日

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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	今	日
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīn	rì
Middle Chinese	‹ kim ›	‹ nyit ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]r[ə]m/	/*C.nik/
English	now	sun; day
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.