现在 現在 xiàn zài now / at present / at the moment / modern / current / nowadays syn 行 xíng to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense syn 以为 以為 yǐ wéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) syn 本 běn (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc syn 受 shòu to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker) / (LGBT) bottom syn 屁股 pì gu buttocks / bottom / butt / back part syn 这次 這次 zhè cì present / now / current 究竟 jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter / after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally / outcome / result syn 今 jīn now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc) syn 现 現 xiàn to appear / present / now / existing / current syn 底线 底線 dǐ xiàn bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant syn 海底 hǎi dǐ seabed / seafloor / bottom of the ocean 上下 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about / more or less syn 心底 xīn dǐ bottom of one's heart syn 现状 現狀 xiàn zhuàng current situation syn 风尚 風尚 fēng shàng current custom / current way of doing things syn 扫地 掃地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low syn 电流 電流 diàn liú an electric current / (old) current intensity 底部 dǐ bù bottom syn 潮流 cháo liú tide / current / trend syn 查清 chá qīng to find out / to ascertain / to get to the bottom of / to clarify syn 彻头彻尾 徹頭徹尾 chè tóu chè wěi lit. from head to tail (idiom) / thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom syn 漂流 piāo liú to float on the current / to drift along or about / rafting syn 本月 běn yuè this month / the current month 现任 現任 xiàn rèn to occupy a post currently / current (president etc) / incumbent / (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse) 不合时宜 不合時宜 bù hé shí yí out of step with current thinking / outmoded / inappropriate for the occasion syn 满心 滿心 mǎn xīn one's whole heart / from the bottom of one's heart syn 近况 近況 jìn kuàng recent developments / current situation 现行 現行 xiàn xíng to be in effect / in force / current syn 行情 háng qíng market price / quotation of market price / the current market situation syn 流向 liú xiàng direction of a current / direction of flow / to flow toward 水底 shuǐ dǐ the bottom of a body of water 时事 時事 shí shì current trends / the present situation / how things are going syn 电波 電波 diàn bō electric wave / alternating current syn 激流 jī liú torrent / torrential current / whitewater syn 本届 本屆 běn jiè current / this year 口碑 kǒu bēi public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom syn 逆流 nì liú against the stream / adverse current / a countercurrent / fig. reactionary tendency / to go against the trend 上行 shàng xíng (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital) / (of river boats) to go against the current / to submit (a document) to higher authorities syn 肺腑 fèi fǔ bottom of the heart (fig.) syn 现况 現況 xiàn kuàng the current situation 直流 zhí liú to flow steadily / direct current (DC) 现时 現時 xiàn shí current syn 现年 現年 xiàn nián (a person's) current age syn 暖流 nuǎn liú warm current / (fig.) warm feeling 奔流 bēn liú to flow at great speed / to pour / racing current syn 穷尽 窮盡 qióng jìn to use up / to exhaust / to probe to the bottom / limit / end syn 下行 xià xíng (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom syn 底子 dǐ zi base / foundation / bottom syn 正名 zhèng míng to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature / rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy) 洋流 yáng liú ocean current syn 追根 zhuī gēn to trace sth back to its source / to get to the bottom of sth syn 时局 時局 shí jú current political situation syn 洪流 hóng liú a powerful current / a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas) syn 身长 身長 shēn cháng height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure) syn 寻根 尋根 xún gēn to seek one's roots / to get to the bottom of a matter 顺水推舟 順水推舟 shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu lit. to push the boat with the current / fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit syn 锅巴 鍋巴 guō bā guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan) syn 本期 běn qī the current period / this term (usually in finance) 井底之蛙 jǐng dǐ zhī wā lit. a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom) / fig. a person of limited outlook and experience syn 底限 dǐ xiàn lowest limit / bottom line syn 时势 時勢 shí shì current situation / circumstances / current trend syn 街头巷尾 街頭巷尾 jiē tóu xiàng wěi top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom) / everywhere in the city syn 国情 國情 guó qíng the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country / current state of a country 学籍 學籍 xué jí registration as a current student 肺腑之言 fèi fǔ zhī yán words from the bottom of one's heart syn 改版 gǎi bǎn to revise the current edition / revised edition 寒流 hán liú cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream syn 圣上 聖上 shèng shàng courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor syn 直流电 直流電 zhí liú diàn direct current 时价 時價 shí jià current price 时政 時政 shí zhèng current politics / political situation of the time syn 活期 huó qī (banking) current (account) / checking (account) / demand (deposit etc) 整流 zhěng liú to rectify (alternating current to direct current) 拍马 拍馬 pāi mǎ to urge on a horse by patting its bottom / fig. to encourage / same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady 交流电 交流電 jiāo liú diàn alternating current 整流器 zhěng liú qì rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current) 坐井观天 坐井觀天 zuò jǐng guān tiān lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom) / ignorant and narrow-minded syn 年内 年內 nián nèi during the current year 根底 gēn dǐ foundation / grounding / background / what lies at the bottom of sth / root / cause syn 不识时务 不識時務 bù shí shí wù to show no understanding of the times (idiom) / cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason syn 溜须拍马 溜鬚拍馬 liū xū pāi mǎ to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom) / to use flatter to get what one wants / to toady / boot-licking syn 应届 應屆 yīng jiè this year's / the current year's 心坎 xīn kǎn bottom of one's heart syn 自下而上 zì xià ér shàng bottom-up 倒数 倒數 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats) 应届毕业生 應屆畢業生 yīng jiè bì yè shēng student graduating in the current year / recent graduate 本年度 běn nián dù this year / the current year 这个月 這個月 zhè gè yuè this month / the current month 新宠 新寵 xīn chǒng current favorite / the latest thing / darling (of the market or the media etc) 屁屁 pì pi (child's term) buttocks / bottom 当世 當世 dāng shì the present age / in office / the current office holder 龙宫 龍宮 lóng gōng palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea syn 流动资产 流動資產 liú dòng zī chǎn (financial reporting) current assets / liquid assets 顺水 順水 shùn shuǐ with the current 时讯 時訊 shí xùn news / current events 逆变 逆變 nì biàn reversing (e.g. electric current) 底面 dǐ miàn bottom / bottom side / bottom surface 底端 dǐ duān bottom / bottom side / end part 