迄今 (qì jīn) — so far, up to now, to date

Definition

A formal written adverb meaning 'up to now / so far,' used in reports and academic prose. Pairs naturally with 为止 (迄今为止) to mark a temporal cutoff.

verb

so farup to nowto date

迄今。
Zhè xiàng yán jiū qì jīn jìn xíng le shí nián.
This research has been going on for ten years so far.
迄今。
Tā qì jīn méi yǒu shōu dào rèn hé huí fù.
He hasn't received any reply up to now.
，。
qì jīn Wéi zhǐ, yí qiè shùn lì.
So far, everything is going smoothly.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

迄qìreach

迄 and 今 together say something reaches the present.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

辶乞迄

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuò

Sound part声符shēngfú

乞

Same sound today

迄 combines 辶, a walking-related part, with 乞, which supplies the sound.

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.

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