近
jìn HSK2

near

近 jìn
near adjective
near in distance or time; close; nearby; recent

你们学校离你们家近吗？

nǐ​men xué​xiào lí nǐ​men jiā jìn ma?

Is your school near your home?

to approach verbparticle
to approach; to get close to; to move toward

她走近时，我认出她来。

tā zǒu jìn shí, wǒ rèn chū tā lái.

As she got closer, I recognized her.

approximately adverb
close to a certain amount or state; nearly; approximately; similar to

他花了近两万美元。

tā huā le jìn liǎng wàn měi​yuán.

He spent nearly $20,000.

我在日本生活了近7年。

wǒ zài rì​běn shēng​huó le jìn7 nián.

I lived in Japan for almost 7 years.

intimate adjective
closely related by blood or friendship; close; intimate

我知道你与他走得近。

wǒ zhī​dao nǐ yǔ tā zǒu de jìn.

I know that you are close to him.

easy to understand
easy to understand; simple; plain
surname
a Chinese surname
to conform to
to be in accordance with; to be close to (reason, human nature, etc.)

Cross-References

Antonym

Frequency
Character
Written text
374th most common 596.6 per million
Movie subtitles
403rd most common 370.0 per million appears in 85% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
81.0 per million appears in 30% of films
Written text
225.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+8FD1

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)