只今

只今

Chinese

		only; merely; just only; merely; just; but	today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now
trad. (只今)		只	今
simp. #(只今)		只	今

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjin
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-chin¹
    • Yale: jř-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyjin
    • Palladius: чжицзинь (čžiczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² gam¹
    • Yale: jí gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

只今

1. (literary) now

Synonyms

• 如今 (rújīn)
• 現在／现在 (xiànzài)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (只今):

• → Japanese: 只今(しこん) (shikon)
• → Korean: 지금(只今) (jigeum)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
只	今
ただ Jinmeiyō	いま Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
ただ今 唯今

Etymology 1

Short for 只今帰(ただいまかえ)りました (tadaima kaerimashita).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ただいま​ [tàdáímáꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1][4]
• (Tokyo) ただいま [tàdáímá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠da̠ima̠]

Interjection

只(ただ)今(いま) • (tadaima) 

1. hello; here I am; I'm home (said by a person coming back home, a stock phrase required by Japanese etiquette)

See also

• お帰(かえ)りなさい (o-kaerinasai), お帰(かえ)り (o-kaeri)
• 行(い)って来(き)ます (itte kimasu), いってきます (itte kimasu)
• いってらっしゃい (itterasshai)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. “只今”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
3. “只今”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ただ​いま [tàdáꜜìmà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠da̠ima̠]

Adverb

只(ただ)今(いま) • (tadaima) 

1. presently, right away, right now, just now

Kanji in this term
只	今
し Jinmeiyō	こん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しこん​ [shìkóńꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕikõ̞ɴ]

Conjunction

只(し)今(こん) • (shikon) 

1. Just now, right now

   Synonyms: ちょうど今 (chōdoima), 現在 (genzai)

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Korean

只今 • (jigeum) (hangeul 지금)

1. Hanja form^? of 지금 (“now”).

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN