近 (jìn): near
近 (jìn) is a Chinese character meaning “near.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (semantic) and 斤 (phonetic). It ranks #374 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 近 walk. Its radical form 辶 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 边 (biān, side), 过 (guò, to pass, past), 还 (hái, still, return).
Definitions
- near
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 近
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 最近noun | zuì jìn | recently | 3 |
| 附近noun | fù jìn | nearby | 3 |
| 接近verb | jiē jìn | to approach | 5 |
| 靠近verb | kào jìn | to be close to | 5 |
| 近来noun | jìn lái | recently | 6 |
| 将近adverb | jiāng jìn | almost | 5 |
| 近期noun | jìn qī | near in time | 5 |
| 贴近verb/adjective | tiē jìn | to press close to | 6 |
| 近视adjective | jìn shì | myopic | 6 |
| 近日noun | jìn rì | (in) the past few days | 5 |
| 近年来 | jìn nián lái | for the past few years | 5 |
| 近代noun | jìn dài | the not-very-distant past | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亲近adjective | qīn jìn | (of people or relationships) close |
| 近乎verb | jìn hu | close to |
| 临近verb | lín jìn | to approach |
| 走近verb | zǒu jìn | to approach |
| 逼近verb | bī jìn | to press on towards |
| 相近adjective | xiāng jìn | close |
| 近路noun | jìn lù | shortcut |
| 近亲noun | jìn qīn | close relative |
| 近况noun | jìn kuàng | recent developments |
| 近在咫尺phrase | jìn zài zhǐ chǐ | (idiom) very close |
| 邻近verb | lín jìn | neighboring |
| 近在眼前 | jìn zài yǎn qián | right under one's nose |
| 新近adverb | xīn jìn | newly |
| 平易近人 | píng yì jìn rén | amiable and approachable (idiom) |
| 近似verb | jìn sì | to approximate |
近 appears in 100 compound words: 52 as the first character, 37 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 近 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (12)
not amenable to reason; inconsiderate of human feelings; unkind; insensitive
to have a close relationship with someone or be in close proximity to something, which confers advantages
right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent
amiable and approachable (idiom); easygoing; modest and unassuming; (of writing) plain and simple
Example Sentences
最近天气变冷了，大家要注意保暖。
Zuìjìn tiānqì biàn lěng le, dàjiā yào zhùyì bǎonuǎn.
The weather has turned cold recently; everyone should keep warm.
东南亚加里曼丹岛附近发生7级地震
dōng nán yà jiā lǐ 曼 dān dǎo fù jìn fā shēng 7 jí dì zhèn
A magnitude 7 earthquake occurred near the island of Kalimantan in Southeast Asia
超标近2000倍 日本石川县一处地下水检出高浓...
chāo biāo jìn bèi rì běn shí chuān xiàn yī chǔ dì xià shuǐ jiǎn chū gāo nóng . . .
Nearly 2,000 times over the limit High concentrations of groundwater have been detected at a site in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan,...
英伟达美股盘前涨近2%
yīng wěi dá měi gǔ pán qián zhǎng jìn
NVIDIA shares rise nearly 2% in premarket trading
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菲 lǜ bīn hǎi jǐng zài wǒ nán shā qún dǎo fù jìn hǎi yù rēng xià liǎng gě hēi sè tǒng zhuàng wù , . .
The Philippine Coast Guard dropped two black barrel-shaped objects in waters near our Spratly Islands...
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dǒu yīn gāo guǎn tán . zuì jìn tuán duì tóu rù zuì duō . .
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顺便说一句，你最近见过他吗？
Shùnbiàn shuō yījù, nǐ zuìjìn jiàn guo tā ma?
By the way, have you seen him lately?
最近的教堂在哪里？
Zuì jìn de jiàotáng zài nǎlǐ?
Where's the nearest church?
你最近有没有看电影？
Nǐ zuì jìn yǒuméiyǒu kàn diànyǐng?
Have you seen any movies lately?
附近是不是有一间购物商场？
Fùjìn shìbùshì yǒu yī jiān gòuwù shāngchǎng?
Is there a mall near here?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 辶 (walk) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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