迄今

• 병음: qì jīn
• 한자 분석: 迄 = 辶 (movement) + 乞 (reach up to) (until/up to); 今 = 人 (person) + 一 (one) (now/present)

뜻

현재까지; 지금까지(격식)

Formal and literary. Common in academic writing, official reports, and historical accounts. Often followed by 为止 to form 迄今为止. Collocates with 迄今未解 (unresolved to this day), 迄今最大 (the largest to date). Not used in casual conversation.

예문

1. 这座古城迄今已有两千余年的建城历史，历经无数朝代更迭而依然屹立不倒，魅力犹存。
2. 这一悬案迄今未破，成为当地警方三十年来最难以释怀的未解之谜，深受社会各界关注。
3. 研究团队迄今已在该地区发现并记录了超过三百种此前科学界从未描述过的全新物种。

사용 가이드

맥락: academic, history, journalism, official

어조: neutral

올바른 표현

• 这项跨越四十年的纵向研究迄今已追踪记录了逾五千名参与者的健康状况与生活轨迹。(This forty-year longitudinal study has to date tracked and recorded the health and life trajectories of over five thousand participants.)
• 迄今发现的最古老人类化石，已将人类演化历史追溯至数百万年前的非洲大陆东部地区。(The oldest human fossils discovered to date have pushed the timeline of human evolution back to eastern Africa millions of years ago.)

피해야 할 표현

• 我迄今没吃早饭 — 迄今 carries formal, historical weight; for informal everyday contexts use 到现在/至今/还 instead

기원과 역사

迄 (up to/until) + 今 (now/today) — reaching all the way up to the present

문화적 배경

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal