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Let's Play a Game I' painting some Chinese ink painting recently. One of my painting's theme is NOW, this word has special meaning in ZEN, I just know two ways to express "now" in English, right now, this moment. But when I ask, how many words can express “now” in Chinese, I can find several, 此刻。現在。依噶。而今。烈攢。這時。今時。及尊。當下。當今。目前。如今。 (國語,粵語,四川話, 閩南語,潮汕話……) 12 word,in mandarin Chinese and 4 kinds of Chinese dialect How many words can express “now” in your native language? I know I can find the "NOW" in all language on google translate page, but that translation is from AI robbot, I want to know from some real guy. Maybe we can play a game, you collect all the word about NOW in your own native language, you can ask your friend how to express "now" in their dialect, and find some word from the old book, and write down on the comment, in this format, Language: Chinese Words; 1此刻 2現在 3依噶 4而今 5烈攢 6這時 7今時 8及尊 9當下 10當今 11目前 12如今 If someone think there are some more words, he can add in this format: Language: Chinese Words; 13.......14........ SO.............come on, Let's Play a Game.

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That's interesting! Well, in Welsh we say rwan, (pronounced roo - wan) to say now, some also say "nawr" which sounds like the english now but with an r which I'm guessing it derived from English... both mean the same.:)

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