xiàn zài 
		now
at present
at the moment
modern
current
nowadays
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chū xiàn 
		to appear
to arise
to emerge
to show up
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn 
		to appear
present
now
existing
current
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shí xiàn 
		to achieve
to implement
to realize
to bring about
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			biǎo xiàn 
		to show
to show off
to display
to manifest
expression
manifestation
show
display
performance (at work etc)
behavior
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn yǒu 
		currently existing
currently available
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn chǎng 
		the scene (of a crime, accident etc)
(on) the spot
(at) the site
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn shēn 
		to show oneself
to appear
(of a deity) to appear in the flesh
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn xiàng 
		appearance
phenomenon
CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn dài 
		modern times
modern age
modern era
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xiàn dài 
		Hyundai, South Korean company
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tǐ xiàn 
		to embody
to reflect
to incarnate
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn shí 
		reality
actuality
real
actual
realistic
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chéng xiàn 
		to appear
to emerge
to present (a certain appearance)
to demonstrate
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tū xiàn 
		to come to prominence
to appear clearly
to stick out
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhǎn xiàn 
		to come out
to emerge
to reveal
to display
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn shì 
		this life
to lose face
to be disgraced
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn dài huà 
		modernization
CL:個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn chéng 
		ready-made
readily available
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn xíng 
		to be in effect
in force
current
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn rèn 
		to occupy a post currently
incumbent
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǒng xiàn 
		variant of 湧現|涌现, to emerge in large numbers
to spring up
to emerge prominently
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tán huā yī xiàn 
		lit. the night blooming cactus shows once
flash in the pan (idiom)
short-lived
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǒng xiàn 
		to emerge in large numbers
to spring up
to emerge prominently
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn shēn shuō fǎ 
		to talk from one's personal experience
to use oneself as an example
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zài xiàn 
		to recreate
to reconstruct (a historical relic)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			duì xiàn 
		(of a cheque etc) to cash
to honor a commitment
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			ruò yǐn ruò xiàn 
		faintly discernible (idiom)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǐn xiàn 
		glimpse (of something hidden)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fú xiàn 
		to appear before one's eyes
to come into view
to float into appearance
to come back (of images from the past)
to emerge
it emerges
it occurs (to me that..)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn huò 
		merchandise or commodities available immediately after sale
merchandise in stock
available item
actuals (investment)
actual commodities
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn shì bào 
		karmic retribution within one's lifetime