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近 jìn

near

Strokes
7
Level
HSK 2
Radical
辶
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 辶斤 ⿺辶斤

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  1. 我家离学校很近。
    Wǒ jiā lí xuéxiào hěn jìn.
    My home is very close to school.
    my home from school very near
  2. 附近有咖啡店吗？
    Fùjìn yǒu kāfēidiàn ma?
    Is there a coffee shop nearby?
    nearby have coffee-shop (question)
  3. 我们找一家最近的餐厅吧。
    Wǒmen zhǎo yì jiā zuìjìn de cāntīng ba.
    Let's find the nearest restaurant.
    we find one (measure) nearest (particle) restaurant (suggestion)
  4. 图书馆离这儿不近。
    Túshūguǎn lí zhèr bú jìn.
    The library isn't close to here.
    library from here not near
  5. 最近这几天，天气一直很冷。
    Zuìjìn zhè jǐ tiān, tiānqì yìzhí hěn lěng.
    Recently these past few days, the weather has been cold the whole time.
    recently this few day, weather always very cold

Words with 近 (11)