将
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Almost in Chinese: 将近 (jiāng jìn)

jiāng jìn

almost

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 將近1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1almost
  2. 2nearly
  3. 3close to

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近

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ㄐㄧㄤ

jiāng

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

ㄐㄧㄣˋ

jìn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

将近

Simplified

將近

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这条路修了将近三年。

    zhè tiáo lù xiū le jiāng jìn sān nián。

    This road took nearly three years to build.

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Related words

近

jìn

near

将

jiāng

will

附近

fù jìn

nearby

最近

zuì jìn

recently

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

接近

jiē jìn

to approach

近代

jìn dài

the not-very-distant past

近期

jìn qī

near in time

即将

jí jiāng

on the eve of

将要

jiāng yào

will

近来

jìn lái

recently

靠近

kào jìn

to be close to

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