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HSK 6 Time & dates

迄今(为止) / 至今 / 时至今日

To date / up to now (迄今为止/至今)

Structure 迄今为止 / 至今,… (continuity up to the present);时至今日,… (after so long, still today…)

迄今为止 (qìjīn wéizhǐ) and 至今 (zhìjīn) mark that something extends or remains unresolved up to the moment of speaking: "to date", "up to now". 迄今为止 opens the clause as a stocktaking ("to date there is still no conclusion"); 至今 goes before the verb and tends to accompany a lingering state (尚 / 仍 / 还). 时至今日 (shí zhì jīnrì) adds the nuance of "after so much time has passed, even today…", with a tone of reproach or resignation: 时至今日,问题依旧 = "at this point, the problem is still the same". All three are written, cultured register; 迄 takes the reading qì.

Examples

  • 迄qì今jīn为wéi止zhǐ,这zhè一yī现xiàn象xiàng尚shàng无wú定dìng论lùn。

    To date, there is still no settled conclusion on this phenomenon.

  • 这zhè座zuò古gǔ桥qiáo至zhì今jīn仍réng在zài使shǐ用yòng。

    This ancient bridge is still in use to this day.

  • 时shí至zhì今jīn日rì,许xǔ多duō问wèn题tí依yī旧jiù没méi有yǒu解jiě决jué。

    Even now, after all this time, many problems remain unresolved.

  • 该gāi方fāng案àn至zhì今jīn未wèi获huò通tōng过guò。

    To date, that plan has not been approved.

Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.

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