How to say "today" in Chinese
今天
jīntiāntodayPart of speech: Time words
"today" in Chinese is 今天 — pronounced jīntiān.
Sentence patterns that use it
- 今天天气___。Today's weather is ___.
- 今天我们去___。Today we go to ___.
Words that share a character
Hear the tones, then say it back
Reading a word is the easy half. In HanQuest you meet 今天 inside a quest — spoken by a villager, then checked against your own voice.
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