Today in Chinese (Mandarin): 今天 (jīntiān)
今天
jīntiān
today
- Simplified
- 今天
- Traditional
- 今天
- Pinyin
- jīntiān
- Typed as
- jintian
Use it in a sentence
今天天气很好。
今天天氣很好。
The weather is nice today.
The characters in 今天
今
Now, this.
4 strokes
天
Day, and also sky.
4 strokes
Time words come before the verb in Chinese, never at the end: 我今天很开心 or 今天我很开心, I am happy today.
More examples with 今天
今天是星期一。
Jīntiān shì xīngqīyī.
Today is Monday.
你今天好吗？
你今天好嗎？
Nǐ jīntiān hǎo ma?
How are you today?
How to write 今天 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
今 4 strokes
天 4 strokes
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