"Current" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xiàn zài now / at present / at the moment / modern / current / nowadays
 cháo liú tide / current / trend
 xíng to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense
 běn (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
 xiàn xíng to be in effect / in force / current
 běn jiè current / this year
 xiàn rèn to occupy a post currently / current (president etc) / incumbent / (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse)
 xiàn shí current
 huó qī (banking) current (account) / checking (account) / demand (deposit etc)
 xiàn to appear / present / now / existing / current
 jiāng liú river / river flow / current
 jīn now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)
 zhè cì present / now / current
 yǐ wéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken &ndash / except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
 háng qíng market price / quotation of market price / the current market situation
 běn yuè this month / the current month
 xiàn zhuàng current situation
 diàn liú an electric current / (old) current intensity
 nián nèi during the current year
 gǎi bǎn to revise the current edition / revised edition
 běn qī the current period / this term (usually in finance)
 zhí liú to flow steadily / direct current (DC)
 yīng jiè this year's / the current year's
 guó qíng the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country / current state of a country
 shí shì current trends / the present situation / how things are going
 shàng xíng (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital) / (of river boats) to go against the current / to submit (a document) to higher authorities
 kǒu bēi public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom
 piāo liú to float on the current / to drift along or about / rafting
 yīng jiè bì yè shēng student graduating in the current year / recent graduate
 liú xiàng direction of a current / direction of flow / to flow toward
 běn nián dù this year / the current year
 fēng shàng current custom / current way of doing things
 zhè gè yuè this month / the current month
 xiàn nián (a person's) current age
 xué jí registration as a current student
 xīn chǒng current favorite / the latest thing / darling (of the market or the media etc)
 jìn kuàng recent developments / current situation
 shí zhèng current politics / political situation of the time
 hán liú cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream
 xiàn kuàng the current situation
 hóng liú a powerful current / a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas)
 diàn bō electric wave / alternating current
 nuǎn liú warm current / (fig.) warm feeling
 bēn liú to flow at great speed / to pour / racing current
 jī liú torrent / torrential current / whitewater
 nì liú against the stream / adverse current / a countercurrent / fig. reactionary tendency / to go against the trend
 dāng shì the present age / in office / the current office holder
 shèng shàng courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor
 zhèng míng to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature / rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy)
 bù hé shí yí out of step with current thinking / outmoded / inappropriate for the occasion
 zhěng liú to rectify (alternating current to direct current)
 liú dòng zī chǎn (financial reporting) current assets / liquid assets
 shí shì current situation / circumstances / current trend
 shí jú current political situation
 jiāo liú diàn alternating current
 shùn shuǐ with the current
 shí xùn news / current events
 zhí liú diàn direct current
 zhěng liú qì rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current)
 shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu lit. to push the boat with the current / fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
 běn cháo the current dynasty
 fú ān volt-ampere (measure of apparent power in alternating current circuits)
 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom) / fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard)
 shí jià current price
 nì shuǐ against the current / upstream
 liú shuǐ zhàng day-to-day account / current account
 bù shí shí wù to show no understanding of the times (idiom) / cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason
 shí shí wù zhě wèi jùn jié Only an outstanding talent can recognize current trends (idiom). A wise man submits to circumstances.
 yáng liú ocean current
 biàn jià to appraise at the current rate
 jū zhù dì current address / place of residence
 Hēi cháo Kuroshio current
 jù liú strong current / CL:股[gu3]
 shāng rushing current
 yì to go (to visit a superior) / one's current attainment in learning or art
 huí eddying / whirling (of water) / to go against the current
 jiè tí fā huī to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas / to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
 bù rù shí yí out of step with current thinking / outmoded / inappropriate for the occasion
 qiè zhòng shí bì to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom) / fig. to hit a current political target / to hit the nub of the matter
 yīn shí zhì yí (idiom) to use methods appropriate to the current situation
 wā ròu bǔ chuāng to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom) / faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
 zhè shān wàng zhe nà shān gāo lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom) / fig. not satisfied with one's current position / the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
 wéi shí jué sú to defy the times and reject custom (idiom) / in breach of current conventions
 shùn shuǐ tuī chuán lit. to push the boat with the current / fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
 shùn fēng zhuǎn duò to act according to whatever is the current outlook / pragmatic / unprincipled
 diàn liú qiáng dù current intensity
 guó cháo the current dynasty
 lí go with current / mucus / spittle
 xiàn shí qíng kuàng current state / current situation
 yù moat / swift current
 zhè cì wēi jī present crisis / current crisis
 liú dòng fù zhài current liability
 mì dù liú density current / geostrophic flow
 bù shí shí biàn to show no understanding of the times (idiom) / cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason
 jiāo biàn liú diàn alternating current / same as 交流電|交流电
 jiāo biàn diàn liú alternating current (electricity)
 piān zhì diàn liú bias current (electronics)
 fǎn chì dào liú equatorial counter current
 hé yú shí yí in keeping with the current thinking / appropriate for the times (or for the occasion)
 hé shí yí in keeping with the current thinking / appropriate for the times (or for the occasion)
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