现时

現時

xiànshí

adverb #28,882

Meanings

1 currently
2 at the present time
3 now

Characters

current / present / to appear

Examples

现时的市场情况对投资者来说并不乐观。

Xiànshí de shìchǎng qíngkuàng duì tóuzīzhě lái shuō bìng bù lèguān.

The current market situation is not optimistic for investors.

现时已有多个国家提出了抗议。

Xiànshí yǐ yǒu duō gè guójiā tíchū le kàngyì.

Several countries have already lodged protests at the present time.

Tips

register

现时 is more formal and more common in written Chinese and Cantonese-influenced Mandarin (especially Hong Kong usage). In everyday Mandarin, 现在 (xiànzài) is more natural.

Stroke Order

现 xiàn

时 shí