现状

現狀

xiànzhuàng

noun HSK 5 #7,503

Meanings

The current state — how things stand right now.

我们必须改变现状。

Wǒmen bìxū gǎibiàn xiànzhuàng.

We must change the current situation.

他对现状很不满意。

Tā duì xiànzhuàng hěn bùmǎn yì.

He is very dissatisfied with the status quo.

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