| 1 | 现在 | 現在 | xiàn zài | xian4 zai4 | now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays | | |
| 2 | 出现 | 出現 | chū xiàn | chu1 xian4 | to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up | | |
| 3 | 发现 | 發現 | fā xiàn | fa1 xian4 | to find; to discover | | |
| 4 | 现象 | 現象 | xiàn xiàng | xian4 xiang4 | phenomenon; Classifiers: 个 ,种 ; appearance | | |
| 5 | 表现 | 表現 | biǎo xiàn | biao3 xian4 | to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior | | |
| 6 | 实现 | 實現 | shí xiàn | shi2 xian4 | to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about | | |
| 7 | 现代 | 現代 | xiàn dài | Xian4 dai4 | modern times; modern age; modern era; Hyundai, South Korean company | | |
| 8 | 现实 | 現實 | xiàn shí | xian4 shi2 | current; reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested | | |
| 9 | 现代化 | 現代化 | xiàn dài huà | xian4 dai4 hua4 | modernization; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 10 | 体现 | 體現 | tǐ xiàn | ti3 xian4 | to embody; to reflect; to incarnate | | |
| 11 | 呈现 | 呈現 | chéng xiàn | cheng2 xian4 | to appear; to emerge; to present (a certain appearance); to demonstrate | | |
| 12 | 现有 | 現有 | xiàn yǒu | xian4 you3 | currently existing; currently available | | |
| 13 | 现实主义 | 現實主義 | xiàn shí zhǔ yì | xian4 shi2 zhu3 yi4 | realism | | |
| 14 | 现场 | 現場 | xiàn chǎng | xian4 chang3 | the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot; (at) the site | | |
| 15 | 再现 | 再現 | zài xiàn | zai4 xian4 | to recreate; to reconstruct (a historical relic) | | |
| 16 | 现 | 現 | xiàn | xian4 | to appear; present; now; existing; current | | |
| 17 | 现状 | 現狀 | xiàn zhuàng | xian4 zhuang4 | current situation | | |
| 18 | 展现 | 展現 | zhǎn xiàn | zhan3 xian4 | to come out; to emerge; to reveal; to display | | |
| 19 | 四个现代化 | 四個現代化 | sì ge xiàn dài huà | si4 ge5 xian4 dai4 hua4 | Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology; abbr. to 四化 | | |
| 20 | 现存 | 現存 | xiàn cún | xian4 cun2 | extant; existent; in stock | | |
| 21 | 涌现 | 湧現 | yǒng xiàn | yong3 xian4 | to emerge in large numbers; to spring up; to emerge prominently | | |
| 22 | 显现 | 顯現 | xiǎn xiàn | xian3 xian4 | appearance; to appear | | |
| 23 | 现阶段 | 現階段 | xiàn jiē duàn | xian4 jie1 duan4 | at the present stage | | |
| 24 | 现今 | 現今 | xiàn jīn | xian4 jin1 | cash; now; nowadays; modern | | |
| 25 | 表现力 | 表現力 | biǎo xiàn lì | biao3 xian4 li4 | expressive power | | |