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 起 qǐ to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group 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 案子 àn zi long table / counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc) / matter / project / job syn 这次 這次 zhè cì present / now / current 今 jīn now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc) syn 现 現 xiàn to appear / present / now / existing / current syn 前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) 现状 現狀 xiàn zhuàng current situation syn 缉毒 緝毒 jī dú to counter narcotics trafficking / drug enforcement 风尚 風尚 fēng shàng current custom / current way of doing things syn 电流 電流 diàn liú an electric current / (old) current intensity 潮流 cháo liú tide / current / trend 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 近况 近況 jìn kuàng recent developments / current situation 收银机 收銀機 shōu yín jī cash register / check out counter 抗辩 抗辯 kàng biàn to counter accusations / to protest / to remonstrate / to retort / to plead / to demur / a plea (of not guilty) / a defense (against an allegation) / to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court) 现行 現行 xiàn xíng to be in effect / in force / current syn 抗衡 kàng héng to compete with / to vie with / to counter 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 背道而驰 背道而馳 bèi dào ér chí to run in the opposite direction (idiom) / to run counter to syn 货柜 貨櫃 huò guì counter for the display of goods / (Tw) container (for freight transport) syn 时事 時事 shí shì current trends / the present situation / how things are going syn 小卖部 小賣部 xiǎo mài bù kiosk / snack counter / retail department or section inside a larger business 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 后跟 後跟 hòu gēn heel (part of a foot) / heel (of a sock) / counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel) / followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension") syn 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 计数器 計數器 jì shù qì counter / register 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 现况 現況 xiàn kuàng the current situation 直流 zhí liú to flow steadily / direct current (DC) 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 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 展台 展臺 zhǎn tái display counter / stand / booth 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 柜员 櫃員 guì yuán teller / counter clerk 专柜 專櫃 zhuān guì sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol) 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 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 本期 běn qī the current period / this term (usually in finance) 时势 時勢 shí shì current situation / circumstances / current trend 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 改版 gǎi bǎn to revise the current edition / revised edition 寒流 hán liú cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream syn 离心机 離心機 lí xīn jī centrifuge 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) 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) 年内 年內 nián nèi during the current year 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 应届 應屆 yīng jiè this year's / the current year's 脱水机 脫水機 tuō shuǐ jī a device for extracting water (such as a centrifuge) 访问量 訪問量 fǎng wèn liàng (web counter) hits 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 反恐精英 fǎn kǒng jīng yīng Counter-Strike 这个月 這個月 zhè gè yuè this month / the current month 收银台 收銀台 shōu yín tái checkout counter / cashier's desk 新宠 新寵 xīn chǒng current favorite / the latest thing / darling (of the market or the media etc) 吧台 bā tái counter of a bar (pub) 当世 當世 dāng shì the present age / in office / the current office holder 流动资产 流動資產 liú dòng zī chǎn (financial reporting) current assets / liquid assets 非处方药 非處方藥 fēi chǔ fāng yào over-the-counter drug 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) 江流 jiāng liú river / river flow / current syn 本朝 běn cháo the current dynasty 伏安 fú ān volt-ampere (measure of apparent power in alternating current circuits) 逆水行舟 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom) / fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard) syn 逆水 nì shuǐ against the current / upstream 流水账 流水賬 liú shuǐ zhàng day-to-day account / current account 识时务者为俊杰 識時務者為俊傑 shí shí wù zhě wèi jùn jié Only an outstanding talent can recognize current trends (idiom). A wise man submits to circumstances. 非处方 非處方 fēi chǔ fāng over-the-counter (adj.) 变价 變價 biàn jià to appraise at the current rate 汤 湯 shāng rushing current syn 拂 fú to flick / to brush off / (of a breeze) to brush lightly over / (literary) to run counter to syn 居住地 jū zhù dì current address / place of residence syn 开后门 開後門 kāi hòu mén to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door syn 