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- word choice - What is the difference between 目前 and 现在? - Chinese . . .
Is there any difference between 目前 and 现在 in Mandarin? Especially regarding the use with the tense, such as "these days" vs "recently" in English? I just found a sentence of the following: ”银座养蜂项目“
- loanwords - What are the differences in usage and nuances between 现在，正在 . . .
Generally, “现在” means NOW; "正在" means NOW DOING SOMETHING; "还在" means STILL BE DOING SOMETHING; Here's a technique in understanding those words: The key in understanding the words is "在": The "在" AFTER “现在” in the first sentence and that IN the words “正在” and "还在" is equal to the progressive tense in English
- What is the difference between 现在，此刻 and 此时?
现在 referring to the time, similar phrases, such as 立刻, 马上， all about time 现在就去做！ Do it now at once asap I am speaking in my understanding, do take a grain of salt
- What is the difference between 目前 and 現在?
目前 and 现在 have the same meaning Differences: Formality, 目前 is far more formal; Object, to describe "people nowadays", use 现在 (i e 目前的人 sounds weird) To describe phenomenon (e g market price, weather), both are okay
- What is the difference between yǐqián (以前) and zhīqián (之前)?
我以前抽烟,但我现在不抽了 "I used to smoke, but I quit now " 我之前刚抽了一支烟 "I just smoked one cigarette earlier " In its meaning of of "used to", 以前 can be used to start a sentence, while 之前 cannot: 以前我们上学得反复背诵乘法表 "At school, we used to do a lot of multiplication-table drills "
- meaning - What does 倒 mean in 现在也倒没有透露我们到底为哪个峰会准备这个午宴? - Chinese . . .
现在我们也倒没有透露我们到底为哪个峰会准备这个午宴。 There could be some other things that have been discussed in the previous context After they have confirmed (or answered yes to) those things, and when comes to this one, they reversed the tone(倒没有) because they want to give a heads-up that this answer would
- Using xiànzài and zhèngzài in a single sentence
现在 is a time adverb, which can be replaced by adverbs indicating other times whose meaning is （more or less) independent of the aspect meaning of 正、在 or 正在。Naturally, e g in 某人在做着某种活动，depending on context 现在 may be understood and therefore redundant
- What does 还要 mean in this sentence? 释然啊，你现在心里在想什么，我恐怕比你还要清楚。
大家好！ What does 还要 mean in this sentence? "释然啊，你现在心里在想什么，我恐怕比你还要清楚。" It was in a Chinese novel that I was reading called 释然的修行 Thanks!
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