How to say 今天

  • Traditional characters: 今天
  • Pinyin (Taiwan standard): jīn tiān
  • Zhuyin (bopomofo): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄢ
  • Meaning: today

Hear it in a Taiwan accent:

今天 in example sentences

Real lines from CiaoSpeak’s graded stories, each with pinyin, an English translation and Taiwan-accent audio.

你好嗎？今天可以嗎？

nǐ hǎo ma jīn tiān kě yǐ ma

(fast) How are you? Are you free today?

From the story 再說一次！ (Say It Again!)

慢一點…今天，可以嗎？

màn yì diǎn jīn tiān kě yǐ ma

(slower) To-day. Can you?

From the story 再說一次！ (Say It Again!)

等一下…今天！對！可以！

děng yí xià jīn tiān duì kě yǐ

Wait… today! Right! I can!

From the story 再說一次！ (Say It Again!)

你看，冷氣壞了也有好處——你今天認識了剉冰。

nǐ kàn lěng qì huài le yě yǒu hǎo chù nǐ jīn tiān rèn shì le cuò bīng

See? A broken AC has an upside — today you met shaved ice.

From the story 三十六度 (Thirty-Six Degrees)

對不起！日期看錯了。今天怎麼辦？

duì bù qǐ rì qí kàn cuò le jīn tiān zěn me bàn

Sorry! I misread the date. What do we do tonight?

From the story 訂錯了 (Booked Wrong)

Where 今天 is taught

  • Unit level: TOCFL Novice 1 (CiaoSpeak’s placement, not the official TOCFL word list)
  • Unit: Everyday Words
  • Lesson: Days & Time
  • Taught just before: 我喜歡
  • Taught just after: 明天