近

The character "近" has 7 strokes. "近" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "近" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "近" are "jìn" . View the stroke order of "近">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "近"

adj.: close; near; nearby; neighbouring; intimate; closely related; approximate; close to; easy to understand

v.: approach; get close to

• close : adj.近的；接近的；靠近的；直系（尤指父母；兄弟姐妹）的；密切的；周全的；潮湿的；气闷的；接近；紧密的
• near : adv.近；在附近；不久；很快；近乎；差不多；几乎
• nearby : adj.附近的
• neighbouring : adj.邻近的；接壤的；附近的
• intimate : adj.熟悉的；亲密的；亲切的；私下的；个人的；隐私的；详尽的；深刻的；彻底的；密切的
• closely related : 密切相关
• approximate : adj.近似的；接近但不完全正确的
• close to : 几乎；几近
• approach : v.接近；靠近；找…商谈；找… 商量；向…接洽；着手处理；临近（未来时刻；未来事件）；临近；数量（或质量）上接近（某一数字；某种水平
• get close to : 亲近；接近；靠近

Form words with "近"

挨得很近 be very close to

汔近成功 be close to success

Example phrases using "近"

• 扫黄是我们近两个月工作的重头。

  We will focus on eliminating pornographies in the coming two months.

• 救济部门已筹集了近五十万美元。

  Relief agencies have collected nearly half a million US dollars.

• 他终于来了，迟到了近一个小时。

  At long last he arrived, about an hour late.

• 她太娇气了，这么近的路都走不了。

  She is too delicate to walk such a short distance.

• 祖父虽已年近八旬，精神还很健旺。

  Although my grandfather is approaching eighty, he is still healthy and vigorous.

• 他年近不惑，还没完婚。

  He is nearly forty, but still remains single/unmarried.

• 裁员近数百人。

  Cutbacks in staff are reaching into the hundreds.

• 全书近十万言。

  It is a book of nearly 100,000 words.

• 因两名主要雇员突然撂台，公司损失了近500万元。

  Nearly five million yuan was lost due to two major staff of the company who suddenly refused to do their jobs.

• 节目吸引了近２，０００万观众。

  The programme attracted an audience of almost twenty million.