最近
zuì​jìn HSK2

recently

最近 zuì​jìn
recently adverb
recently; lately; soon; in the near future; refers to a time shortly before or after the present

你最近读过什么好书？

nǐ zuì​jìn dú guo shén​me hǎo shū?

Have you read any good books lately?

最近看到了一个广告。

zuì​jìn kàn dào le yī​ge guǎng​gào.

I saw an advertisement recently.

nearest adjective
nearest; closest in distance or relationship

最近的厕所在哪？

zuì​jìn de cè​suǒ zài nǎ?

Where's the nearest bathroom?

Frequency
Movie subtitles
164.9 per million appears in 50% of films
Written text
197.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2

Cross-References

Synonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)