于今 (yú jīn) — up to the present; nowadays; now (formal/litera…

Definition

Formal/literary 'nowadays' or 'up to the present' — used in writing or set phrases like 于今回想起来, not in everyday speech.

noun

up to the presentnowadaysnow (formal/literary)

于今，。
yú jīn, Zhè ge wèn tí réng rán méi yǒu dé dào jiě jué.
Up to now, this problem still hasn't been resolved.
于今，。
yú jīn De shè huì, kē jì fā zhǎn fēi cháng xùn sù.
In today's society, technology develops very rapidly.
于今，。
yú jīn Huí xiǎng qǐ lái, nà duàn jīng lì réng rán lìng rén nán wàng.
Looking back now, that experience is still unforgettable.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

于 gives the sense of at and 今 means now, so the whole means at the present or nowadays.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The old shape of 于 may have pictured an ancient wind instrument. Another explanation reads 一 as a flat stream of air and 丂 as an exhaling mark.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

One explanation sees the shape as an upside-down mouth with a line below it, giving the idea of not speaking.