现状

現狀

xiànzhuàng

noun HSK 5 #7,503

Meanings

The current state - how things stand right now.

HSK 2

我们必须改变现状。

Wǒmen bìxū gǎibiàn xiànzhuàng.

We must change the current situation.

HSK 2

他对现状很不满意。

Tā duì xiànzhuàng hěn bù mǎnyì.

He is very dissatisfied with the status quo.

HSK 7-9

维持现状不是长久之计。

Wéichí xiànzhuàng búshì chángjiǔzhījì.

Maintaining the status quo is not a long-term solution.

usage

维持现状 = maintain the status quo, 改变现状 = change the current situation, 满足现状 = be content with things as they are. All very common expressions.

现 xiàn

状 zhuàng