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目前

mù qián · mu qian

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. at the present time
  2. currently
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Boiling water

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)目前(mùqián)在(zài)忙(máng)什么(shénme)？

    What are you busy with at present?

  2. Dengdeng

    目前(mùqián)我(wǒ)在(zài)学(xué)做饭(zuòfàn)。

    At present I am learning to cook.

  3. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)目前(mùqián)学会(xuéhuì)什么(shénme)了(le)？

    Then what have you learned so far?

  4. Dengdeng

    目前(mùqián)只(zhǐ)会(huì)煮(zhǔ)水(shuǐ)。

    So far I can only boil water.

  5. Liangliang

    煮(zhǔ)水(shuǐ)也(yě)要(yào)学(xué)？

    You need to learn to boil water?

  6. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)水(shuǐ)到(dào)现在(xiànzài)还(hái)没(méi)煮开(zhǔkāi)。

    But the water has not boiled until now.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)和(hé)他(tā)的(de)姐(jiě)妹(mèi)们(men)目(mù)前(qián)都(dōu)住(zhù)在(zài)东(dōng)京(jīng)。

His sisters as well as he are now living in Tokyo.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Saney · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

目(mù)前(qián)，我(wǒ)妹(mèi)妹(mei)在(zài)一(yì)家(jiā)超(chāo)市(shì)当(dāng)收(shōu)银(yín)员(yuán)。

Currently, my sister works as a cashier at a supermarket.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by LeviHighway · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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目
mù

eye; (literary) to look; to regard

前
qián

front; forward

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