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Recently in Chinese: 近来 (jìn lái)

jìn lái

recently

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 近來1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1recently
  2. 2lately

Stroke order

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近
来

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ㄐㄧㄣˋ

jìn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

ㄌㄞˊ

lái

ㄌ/ lㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

近来

Simplified

近來

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 近来他的身体好多了。

    jìn lái tā de shēn tǐ hǎo duō le。

    His health has improved a lot lately.

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Related words

来

lái

to come

近

jìn

near

附近

fù jìn

nearby

最近

zuì jìn

recently

本来

běn lái

original

从来

cóng lái

always

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

原来

yuán lái

original

接近

jiē jìn

to approach

近代

jìn dài

the not-very-distant past

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