今茲

Chinese

		today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now	herewith
trad. (今茲)		今	茲
simp. (今兹)		今	兹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnzī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnzī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinzih
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-tzŭ¹
    • Yale: jīn-dz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jintzy
    • Palladius: цзиньцзы (czinʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ zi¹
    • Yale: gām jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kim tsi

Rime
Character	今	茲
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居吟切	子之切
Baxter	kim	tsi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪm/	/t͡sɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚim/	/t͡sɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/kiem/	/t͡sie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjim/	/t͡sɨ/
Li Rong	/kjəm/	/t͡siə/
Wang Li	/kĭĕm/	/t͡sĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯əm/	/t͡si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn	zī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam1	zi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*krɯm  ʔsɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	今
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīn
Middle Chinese	‹ kim ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]r[ə]m/
English	now
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.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	今	茲
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	6599	17835
Phonetic component	今	兹
Rime group	侵	之
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	金	兹
Old Chinese	/*krɯm/	/*ʔsɯ/
Notes	文源謂含初文

Noun

今茲

1. (Classical) now

   • 今茲吾又將來賀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今兹吾又将来贺。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Jīnzī wú yòu jiāng lái hè. [Pinyin]

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2. (Classical) this year

   • 今茲魯多大喪，明年齊有亂。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今兹鲁多大丧，明年齐有乱。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Jīnzī Lǔ duō dàsàng, míngnián Qí yǒu luàn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)