# 只今
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhǐjīn
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^2$ gam$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐjīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjin
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^3$-chin$^1$
*** Yale: jř-jīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyjin
*** Palladius: чжицзинь (čžiczinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$只今 紙巾 / 纸巾
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^2$ gam$^1$
*** Yale: jí gām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^2$ gam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^2$ gem$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

### Noun

只今
* (literary) now

#### Synonyms

* 如今 (rújīn)
* 現在／现在 (xiànzài)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 只今(しこん) (shikon)
* → Korean: 지금(只今) (jigeum)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 只 | 今 |
| ただ Jinmeiyō | いま Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||
* Alternative spellings
* ただ今 唯今

### Etymology 1

Short for 只今帰(ただいまかえ)りました (tadaima kaerimashita).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ただいま [tàdáímáꜜ] (Odaka –)
* (Tokyo) ただいま [tàdáímá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ta̠da̠ima̠]

#### Interjection

只(ただ)今(いま) • (tadaima)
* hello; here I am; I'm home (said by a person coming back home, a stock phrase required by Japanese etiquette)

##### See also

* お帰(かえ)りなさい (o-kaerinasai), お帰(かえ)り (o-kaeri)
* 行(い)って来(き)ます (itte kimasu), いってきます (itte kimasu)
* いってらっしゃい (itterasshai)

#### References

* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ “只今”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ “只今”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

### Etymology 2

只(ただ) (tada, “just”) + 今(いま) (ima, “now”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ただいま [tàdáꜜìmà] (Nakadaka –)
* IPA: [ta̠da̠ima̠]

#### Adverb

只(ただ)今(いま) • (tadaima)
* presently, right away, right now, just now

#### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 只 | 今 |
| し Jinmeiyō | こん Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しこん [shìkóńꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
* IPA: [ɕikõ̞ɴ]

#### Conjunction

只(し)今(こん) • (shikon)
* just now, right now
    Synonyms: ちょうど今 (chōdoima), 現在 (genzai)

#### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 只 | 今 |

### Noun

只今 • (jigeum) (hangeul 지금)
* hanja form of 지금 (“now”)