| 現 | [ xiàn ] to appear, present, now, existing, current |
| 現下 | [ xiàn xià ] now, at this moment |
| 現世 | [ xiàn shì ] this life, to lose face, to be disgraced |
| 現世報 | [ xiàn shì baò ] karmic retribution within one's lifetime |
| 現世寶 | [ xiàn shì baǒ ] good-for-nothing, fool |
| 現今 | [ xiàn jīn ] now, nowadays, modern |
| 現付 | [ xiàn fù ] to pay on the spot |
| 現代 | [ xiàn daì ] Hyundai, South Korean company |
| 現代 | [ xiàn daì ] modern times, modern age, modern era |
| 現代五項 | [ xiàn daì wǔ xiàng ] modern pentathlon |
| 現代人 | [ xiàn daì rén ] modern man, Homo sapiens |
| 現代化 | [ xiàn daì huà ] modernization, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 現代史 | [ xiàn daì shǐ ] modern history |
| 現代形式 | [ xiàn daì xíng shì ] the modern form |
| 現代性 | [ xiàn daì xìng ] modernity |
| 現代新儒家 | [ xiàn daì xīn rú jiā ] Modern New Confucianism, see also 新儒家[Xin1 Ru2 jia1] |
| 現代派 | [ xiàn daì paì ] modernist faction, modernists |
| 現代舞 | [ xiàn daì wǔ ] modern dance |
| 現代集團 | [ xiàn daì jí tuán ] Hyundai, the Korean corporation |
| 現代音樂 | [ xiàn daì yīn yuè ] modern music, contemporary music |
| 現任 | [ xiàn rèn ] to occupy a post currently, current (president etc), incumbent, (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse) |
| 現值 | [ xiàn zhí ] present value |
| 現做 | [ xiàn zuò ] to make (food) on the spot, freshly-made |
| 現在 | [ xiàn zaì ] now, at present, at the moment, modern, current, nowadays |
| 現在分詞 | [ xiàn zaì fēn cí ] present participle (in English grammar) |
| 現在式 | [ xiàn zaì shì ] present tense |
| 現在是過去鑰匙 | [ xiàn zaì shì guò qu yaò shi ] Today is the key to the past. |
| 現場 | [ xiàn chǎng ] the scene (of a crime, accident etc), (on) the spot, (at) the site |
| 現場報道 | [ xiàn chǎng baò daò ] on-the-spot report |
| 現場投注 | [ xiàn chǎng toú zhù ] live betting |
| 現場採訪 | [ xiàn chǎng caǐ fǎng ] on-the-spot interview |
| 現場會 | [ xiàn chǎng huì ] on-the-spot meeting |
| 現場會議 | [ xiàn chǎng huì yì ] on-the-spot meeting |
| 現場直播 | [ xiàn chǎng zhí bō ] on-the-spot live broadcast |
| 現場視察 | [ xiàn chǎng shì chá ] on-site inspection |
| 現存 | [ xiàn cún ] extant, existent, in stock |
| 現學現用 | [ xiàn xué xiàn yòng ] to immediately put into practice something one has just learned (idiom) |
| 現實 | [ xiàn shí ] reality, actuality, real, actual, realistic, pragmatic, materialistic, self-interested |
| 現實主義 | [ xiàn shí zhǔ yì ] realism |
| 現實情況 | [ xiàn shí qíng kuàng ] current state, current situation |
| 現年 | [ xiàn nián ] (a person's) current age |
| 現形 | [ xiàn xíng ] to become visible, to appear, to manifest one's true nature |
| 現役 | [ xiàn yì ] (military) active duty |
| 現成 | [ xiàn chéng ] ready-made, readily available |
| 現成話 | [ xiàn chéng huà ] ready-made phrase, unhelpful comment |
| 現房 | [ xiàn fáng ] finished apartment, ready apartment |
| 現抓 | [ xiàn zhuā ] to improvise |
| 現時 | [ xiàn shí ] current |
| 現有 | [ xiàn yoǔ ] currently existing, currently available |
| 現款 | [ xiàn kuǎn ] cash |
| 現況 | [ xiàn kuàng ] the current situation |
| 現炒現賣 | [ xiàn chaǒ xiàn maì ] lit. to fry and sell on the spot, fig. (of fresh graduates) to apply the still-fresh knowledge gained in school |
| 現烤 | [ xiàn kaǒ ] freshly baked, freshly roasted |
| 現狀 | [ xiàn zhuàng ] current situation |
| 現眼 | [ xiàn yǎn ] to embarrass oneself, to make a fool of oneself |
| 現磨 | [ xiàn mó ] freshly ground |
| 現行 | [ xiàn xíng ] to be in effect, in force, current |
| 現行犯 | [ xiàn xíng fàn ] criminal caught red-handed |
| 現象 | [ xiàn xiàng ] phenomenon, CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3], appearance |
| 現象學 | [ xiàn xiàng xué ] phenomenology |
| 現貨 | [ xiàn huò ] merchandise or commodities available immediately after sale, merchandise in stock, available item, actuals (investment), actual commodities |
| 現貨價 | [ xiàn huò jià ] price of actuals |
| 現身 | [ xiàn shēn ] to show oneself, to appear, (of a deity) to appear in the flesh |
| 現身說法 | [ xiàn shēn shuō fǎ ] to talk from one's personal experience, to use oneself as an example |
| 現量相違 | [ xiàn liàng xiāng weí ] to not fit one's perception of sth (idiom) |
| 現金 | [ xiàn jīn ] cash |
| 現金周轉 | [ xiàn jīn zhoū zhuǎn ] cash flow |
| 現金基礎 | [ xiàn jīn jī chǔ ] cash basis (accounting) |
| 現金流 | [ xiàn jīn liú ] cash flow |
| 現金流轉 | [ xiàn jīn liú zhuǎn ] cash flow |
| 現金流轉表 | [ xiàn jīn liú zhuǎn ] cash flow statement |
| 現金流量 | [ xiàn jīn liú liàng ] cash flow |
| 現金流量表 | [ xiàn jīn liú liàng ] cash flow statement |
| 現錢 | [ xiàn qián ] cash |
| 現階段 | [ xiàn jiē duàn ] at the present stage |
| ⇒ 丟人現眼 | [ diū rén xiàn yǎn ] to make an exhibition of oneself, to be a disgrace |
| ⇒ 乍現 | [ zhà xiàn ] to appear suddenly |
| ⇒ 二十年目睹之怪現狀 | [ èr shí nián mù dǔ zhī xiàn zhuàng ] The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人[Wu2 Jian3 ren2] |
| ⇒ 付現 | [ fù xiàn ] to pay in cash |
| ⇒ 兌現 | [ duì xiàn ] (of a check etc) to cash, to honor a commitment |
| ⇒ 再出現 | [ zaì chū xiàn ] to reappear |
| ⇒ 再屠現金 | [ zaì tú xiàn jīn ] cash in transit (accountancy) |
| ⇒ 再現 | [ zaì xiàn ] to recreate, to reconstruct (a historical relic) |
| ⇒ 凸現 | [ tū xiàn ] to come to prominence, to appear clearly, to stick out |
| ⇒ 出現 | [ chū xiàn ] to appear, to arise, to emerge, to show up |
| ⇒ 到現在 | [ daò xiàn zaì ] up until now, to date |
| ⇒ 厄爾尼諾現象 | [ è ěr ní nuò xiàn xiàng ] El Niño effect, equatorial climatic variation over the Pacific Ocean |
| ⇒ 取現 | [ qǔ xiàn ] to withdraw money |
| ⇒ 呈現 | [ chéng xiàn ] to appear, to emerge, to present (a certain appearance), to demonstrate |
| ⇒ 四個現代化 | [ sì ge xiàn daì huà ] Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology, abbr. to 四化[si4 hua4] |
| ⇒ 國防現代化 | [ guó fáng xiàn daì huà ] modernization of national defense, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations |
| ⇒ 奉現 | [ fèng xiàn ] offering |
| ⇒ 奔現 | [ bēn xiàn ] (neologism) to meet sb in real life after forming a relationship online |
| ⇒ 套現 | [ taò xiàn ] to convert (an asset) into cash, to cash out |
| ⇒ 安於現狀 | [ ān yú xiàn zhuàng ] to take things as they are (idiom), to leave a situation as it is, to be happy with the status quo |
| ⇒ 官場現形記 | [ guān chǎng xiàn xíng jì ] Observations on the Current State of Officialdom, late Qing novel by Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉[Li3 Bao3 jia4] |
| ⇒ 實現 | [ shí xiàn ] to achieve, to implement, to realize, to bring about |
| ⇒ 展現 | [ zhǎn xiàn ] to come out, to emerge, to reveal, to display |
| ⇒ 工業現代化 | [ gōng yè xiàn daì huà ] modernization of industry, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations |
| ⇒ 庫存現金 | [ kù cún xiàn jīn ] cash in hand |
| ⇒ 後現代主義 | [ hoù xiàn daì zhǔ yì ] postmodernism |
| ⇒ 復現 | [ fù xiàn ] to reappear, to persist (in memory) |
| ⇒ 忽隱忽現 | [ hū yǐn hū xiàn ] intermittent, now you see it, now you don't |
| ⇒ 愛現 | [ aì xiàn ] (coll.) to enjoy showing off |
| ⇒ 所發現 | [ suǒ fā xiàn ] discovered, what one discovers |
| ⇒ 手頭現金 | [ shoǔ toú xiàn jīn ] cash in hand |
| ⇒ 折現 | [ zhé xiàn ] to discount |
| ⇒ 折現率 | [ zhé xiàn lǜ ] discount rate |
| ⇒ 提現 | [ tí xiàn ] to withdraw funds |
| ⇒ 時隱時現 | [ shí yǐn shí xiàn ] appearing and disappearing (idiom), intermittently visible |
| ⇒ 曇花一現 | [ tán huā yī xiàn ] lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once, flash in the pan (idiom), short-lived |
| ⇒ 未折現 | [ weì zhé xiàn ] undiscounted, full price |
| ⇒ 東現漢紀 | [ dōng xiàn hàn jì ] Records of the Eastern Han, model for History of Later Han 後漢書|后汉书 |
| ⇒ 案發現場 | [ àn fā xiàn chǎng ] crime scene |
| ⇒ 活靈活現 | [ huó líng huó xiàn ] living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life, vivid and realistic |
| ⇒ 活龍活現 | [ huó lóng huó xiàn ] living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life, vivid and realistic |
| ⇒ 浮現 | [ fú xiàn ] to appear before one's eyes, to come into view, to float into appearance, to come back (of images from the past), to emerge, it emerges, it occurs (to me that..) |
| ⇒ 淨現值 | [ jìng xiàn zhí ] net present value (NPV) |
| ⇒ 湧現 | [ yǒng xiàn ] to emerge in large numbers, to spring up, to emerge prominently |
| ⇒ 犯罪現場 | [ fàn zuì xiàn chǎng ] scene of the crime |
| ⇒ 現學現用 | [ xiàn xué xiàn yòng ] to immediately put into practice something one has just learned (idiom) |
| ⇒ 現炒現賣 | [ xiàn chaǒ xiàn maì ] lit. to fry and sell on the spot, fig. (of fresh graduates) to apply the still-fresh knowledge gained in school |
| ⇒ 發現 | [ fā xiàn ] to find, to discover |
| ⇒ 發現物 | [ fā xiàn wù ] finding |
| ⇒ 發現號 | [ fā xiàn haò ] Space Shuttle Discovery |
| ⇒ 直到現在 | [ zhí daò xiàn zaì ] even now, until now, right up to the present |
| ⇒ 示現 | [ shì xiàn ] (of a deity) to take a material shape, to appear |
| ⇒ 神氣活現 | [ shén qì huó xiàn ] arrogant appearance, smug appearance, to act condescending, to put on airs |
| ⇒ 科學技術現代化 | [ kē xué jì shù xiàn daì huà ] modernization of science and technology, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations |
| ⇒ 第五個現代化 | [ dì wǔ gè xiàn daì huà ] fifth modernization, i.e. democracy, cf Deng Xiaoping's 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] Four Modernizations 四個現代化|四个现代化[si4 ge5 xian4 dai4 hua4] |
| ⇒ 約當現金 | [ yuē dāng xiàn jīn ] cash equivalent (accountancy) |
| ⇒ 自我實現 | [ zì wǒ shí xiàn ] self-actualization (psychology), self-realization |
| ⇒ 自然現象 | [ zì rán xiàn xiàng ] natural phenomenon |
| ⇒ 舊景重現 | [ jiù jǐng chóng xiàn ] evocation of the past |
| ⇒ 若隱若現 | [ ruò yǐn ruò xiàn ] faintly discernible (idiom) |
| ⇒ 虛擬現實 | [ xū nǐ xiàn shí ] virtual reality |
| ⇒ 虛擬現實置標語言 | [ xū nǐ xiàn shí zhì yǔ yán ] virtual reality markup language (VRML) (computing) |
| ⇒ 表現 | [ xiàn ] to show, to show off, to display, to manifest, expression, manifestation, show, display, performance (at work etc), behavior |
| ⇒ 表現力 | [ xiàn lì ] expressive power |
| ⇒ 表現型 | [ xiàn xíng ] phenotype |
| ⇒ 貼現 | [ tiē xiàn ] discount, rebate |
| ⇒ 貼現率 | [ tiē xiàn lǜ ] discount rate |
| ⇒ 超現實主義 | [ chaō xiàn shí zhǔ yì ] surrealism |
| ⇒ 農業現代化 | [ nóng yè xiàn daì huà ] modernization of agriculture, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations |
| ⇒ 近現代史 | [ jìn xiàn daì shǐ ] modern history and contemporary history |
| ⇒ 返祖現象 | [ fǎn zǔ xiàn xiàng ] atavism (biology) |
| ⇒ 追尋現代中國 | [ zhuī xún xiàn daì zhōng guó ] In Search of Modern China by Jonathan D Spence 史景遷|史景迁[Shi3 Jing3 qian1] |
| ⇒ 遲滯現象 | [ chí zhì xiàn xiàng ] hysteresis |
| ⇒ 重現 | [ chóng xiàn ] to reappear |
| ⇒ 重現江湖 | [ chóng xiàn jiāng hú ] see 重出江湖[chong2 chu1 jiang1 hu2] |
| ⇒ 閃現 | [ shǎn xiàn ] to flash |
| ⇒ 隱現 | [ yǐn xiàn ] glimpse (of something hidden) |
| ⇒ 難以實現 | [ nán yǐ shí xiàn ] hard to accomplish, difficult to achieve |
| ⇒ 顯現 | [ xiǎn xiàn ] appearance, to appear |
| ⇒ 驚現 | [ jīng xiàn ] to appear unexpectedly |
| ⇒ 體現 | [ tǐ xiàn ] to embody, to reflect, to incarnate |