近

Near in Chinese: 近 (jìn)

jìn

near

HSK 22 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1near
  2. 2close to
  3. 3approximately

Stroke order

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近

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄣˋ

jìn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 期限近了。

    qī xiàn jìn le。

    The deadline is approaching.

  • 临近圣诞。

    lín jìn shèng dàn。

    Christmas is approaching.

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Related words

附近

fù jìn

nearby

最近

zuì jìn

recently

接近

jiē jìn

to approach

近代

jìn dài

the not-very-distant past

将近

jiāng jìn

almost

近期

jìn qī

near in time

近来

jìn lái

recently

靠近

kào jìn

to be close to

近日

jìn rì

(in) the past few days

近视

jìn shì

shortsighted

逼近

bī jìn

to press on towards

就近

jiù jìn

nearby

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