See also: 当今

Chinese edit

 
to act as; represent; equal
to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
 
today; modern; present
today; modern; present; current; this; now
trad. (當今)
simp. (当今)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (5) (28)
Final () (101) (140)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter tang kim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tɑŋ/ /kˠiɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/tɑŋ/ /kᵚim/
Shao
Rongfen
/tɑŋ/ /kiem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/taŋ/ /kjim/
Li
Rong
/tɑŋ/ /kjəm/
Wang
Li
/tɑŋ/ /kĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tɑŋ/ /ki̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dāng jīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dong1 gam1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
dāng jīn
Middle
Chinese
‹ tang › ‹ kim ›
Old
Chinese
/*tˁaŋ/ /*[k]r[ə]m/
English match (v.); have the value of, rank with 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
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 11104 6599
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*taːŋ/ /*krɯm/
Notes

Noun edit

當今

  1. now; at present; nowadays; today; in our time; in this day and age; the present day
  2. (dated) reigning emperor

Synonyms edit

  • (now):

Derived terms edit