如今

Meaning(time word)

nowadays; now

Examples

• 如今，很多人用手机付钱。

  rú jīn, hěn duō rén yòng shǒu jī fù qián.

  Nowadays, many people pay with their phones.

• 如今的河内比以前热闹多了。

  rú jīn de hé nèi bǐ yǐ qián rè nào duō le.

  Hanoi today is much livelier than before.

• 他小时候很瘦，如今长高了。

  tā xiǎo shí hòu hěn shòu, rú jīn cháng gāo le.

  He was very thin as a child; now he's grown tall.

Easily confused

• 现在 — 如今 implies contrast with the distant past and is more literary; 现在 is the general 'now', even for the very moment (现在几点？).

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