当前 dāngqián▶ hiện tại

Stroke order

当前 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 当 — 6 strokes
• 前 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. the present time
2. to be faced with

Related words

• 充当đóng vai trò; phục vụ như
• 先前trước đây
• 前提điều kiện tiên quyết
• 前景triển vọng
• 妥当thích hợp
• 当代Đương đại; cùng thời

当前 is pronounced dāngqián and means “hiện tại”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 当前 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.