今 jīn

1. jīn noun today; present; now
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Often beginning a sentence that ends in 也 to mean 'now' in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '今' n 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 119; Unihan '今'; XHZD '今', p. 351)
2. jīn proper noun Jin
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '今' n 2)
3. jīn adjective modern
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '今' adj)
4. jīn noun now; adhunā
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: adhunā, or: adya, Japanese: kon, or: kin, Tibetan: de ltar ram da lta (BCSD '今', p. 94; Mahāvyutpatti 'adhunā'; MW 'adhunā')

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• 汝今可以此宝贸易所须(汝今可以此寶貿易所須) betake thyself, with this gem, [to some great city,] exchange the gem for money, and with that money do all that can be done with money
• 观其存篇古今可辩(觀其存篇古今可辯) observing the surviving fragments, old and new can be distinguished
• 悟在今朝 Enlightenment Happens Here and Now
• 问一声您今哪里去 望三思何日君再来(問一聲您今哪裡去 望三思何日君再來) Upon the question, “where are you headed now?” Do think thrice about when your next return will be.
• 今日耐烦做事 是未来成功的踏板 今日千锤百鍊 是未来事业的阶梯 今日养深积厚 是未来成就的力量 今日喜舍布施 是未来圆满的助缘(今日耐煩做事 是未來成功的踏板 今日千錘百鍊 是未來事業的階梯 今日養深積厚 是未來成就的力量 今日喜捨布施 是未來圓滿的助緣) Today's patience is the footprint of tomorrow's success. Today's painstaking effort is the stairway to tomorrow's accomplishment. Today's waiting and trying is the energy for tomorrow's triumph. Today's generosity is the basis of tomorrow's happy outcomes.
• 阿浮陀翅舍今披罗(阿浮陀翅舍今披羅) Ajita Keśakambala
• 永念亲恩今日有缘今日度 本无地狱此心能造此心消(永念親恩今日有緣今日度 本無地獄此心能造此心消) Forever remember the kindness of parents; If connected today, be sure to deliver them today; Originally Hell never was; If this mind can create it, this mind can dispel it.
• 以今世人轻贱(以今世人輕賤) through being despised they will in this life
• 续集古今佛道论衡(續集古今佛道論衡) Xu Ji Gu Jin Fodao Lun Heng
• 我今无复疑悔(我今無復疑悔) now I no longer have any doubts or regrets
• 今日道场同业大众(今日道場同業大眾) today in this place of practice all present have the same karma
• 不为昨日困 昨日已过去 不被明日迷 明日尚未至 用心对今日 天天不迷困(不為昨日困 昨日已過去 不被明日迷 明日尚未至 用心對今日 天天不迷困) Do not be trapped in yesterday, everything is already the past. Do not worry about tomorrow, tomorrow is not yet here. Focus wholeheartedly on today, and everyday shall be trouble-free.
• 今世 this age ; this life; this generation ; in this world
• 今人古心 Modern Mind, Ancient Heart
• 立足当下　悟道今朝(立足當下　悟道今朝) Abide in the Present Moment; Awaken in the Here and Now
• 今日人间有善缘 当年佛前种福田(今日人間有善緣 當年佛前種福田) From yesterday's merits cultivated in front of the Buddha; Come today's good affinities in the human world.
• 古今人文协会(古今人文協會) Association of Ancient and Modern Humanities
• 去来今(去來今) past, present, and future
• 今日佛教 Buddhism Today Magazine ; Buddhism Today
• 今后洒花雨(今後灑花雨) from now on become a rain of flowers

Also contained in

今文 、 今儿 、 至今 、 震古烁今 、 今文经 、 今译 、 自今 、 古往今来 、 今为荡子妇 、 今生 、 是古非今 、 事到如今 、 今非昔比 、 今昔 、 借古喻今 、 今体诗 、 借古讽今 、 厚古薄今 、 今时今日 、 时至今日 、 事到今日 、 贵古贱今 、 现今 、 将今论古 、 早知今日何必当初 、 古今小说 、 即今 、 今次 、 今夕 、 稽古振今 、 茹古涵今

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 564
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 492
• Scroll 1 Shijia Pu 釋迦譜 — count: 335
• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 318
• Scroll 2 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 305
• Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 271
• Scroll 3 Shengman Bao Ku 勝鬘寶窟 — count: 269
• Scroll 12 Abhidharmavijñānakāyapādaśāstra (Apidamo Shi Shen Zu Lun) 阿毘達磨識身足論 — count: 260
• Scroll 1 Commentary on the Dvādaśanikāyaśāstra 十二門論疏 — count: 255
• Scroll 3 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 254

Collocations

• 今宜 (今宜) 今宜知是時 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 16
• 今正是 (今正是) 今正是時 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
• 今真 (今真) 我今真為轉輪聖王 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 8
• 知今 (知今) 當知今王地主年已朽邁 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 7
• 今闻 (今聞) 今聞其名 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 7
• 今欲 (今欲) 吾今欲以宿命智說過去佛事 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 今不生 (今不生) 今不生惱 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 9 — count: 6
• 今在 (今在) 毘婆尸佛今在鹿野苑中 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 今问 (今問) 我今問汝 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
• 今可 (今可) 汝今可往語彼周那 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 5