| 现在 | xiàn zài | now / at present / at the moment / modern / current / nowadays |   |
| 如今 | rú jīn | nowadays / now | |
| 当今 | dāng jīn | current / present / now / nowadays | |
| 现今 | xiàn jīn | now / nowadays / modern | |
| 这年头 | zhè nián tou | (coll.) nowadays | |
| 晚世 | wǎn shì | nowadays | |
| 目今 | mù jīn | nowadays / at present / as things stand | |
| 眼时 | yǎn shí | at present / nowadays | |
| 羌族 | Qiāng zú | Qiang ethnic group, nowadays esp. in north Sichuan | |
| 苏州码子 | Sū zhōu mǎ zi | Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,〸 / nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine / also called 草碼|草码[cao3 ma3] | |
| 唿哨 | hū shào | to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth) / nowadays written 呼哨 | |
| 妇女能顶半边天 | fù nu:3 néng dǐng bàn biān tiān | Woman can hold up half the sky / fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society | |
| 忽哨 | hū shào | to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth) / nowadays written 呼哨 | |
| 草码 | cǎo mǎ | the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,十 / nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine | |
| 孔融让梨 | Kǒng Róng ràng lí | Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty | |
