将近
jiāng jìn 1–4
almost; nearly; close to
- Characters
- 2
- 将 · 近
- Syllables
- 2
- jiāng jìn
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 7,225
Part of speech: d
Character by character
- 将jiāng10 strokesHSK 3 traditional 將will, going to, future; general
- 近jìn8 strokesHSK 2near, close; approach; intimate
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 将近. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 将jiāngHSK 5
will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把)
- 最近zuì jìnHSK 2
recently; soon; nearest
- 近jìnHSK 2
near; close to; approximately
- 附近fù jìnHSK 4
nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
- 接近jiē jìnHSK 3
to approach; to get close to
- 即将jí jiāngHSK 4
on the eve of; to be about to; to be on the verge of
- 将军jiāng jūnHSK 6
general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot
- 将来jiāng láiHSK 3
in the future; future; the future
- 靠近kào jìnHSK 5
to be close to; to approach; to draw near
- 将要jiāng yàoHSK 5
will; shall; to be going to
- 近来jìn láiHSK 5
recently; lately
- 近期jìn qīHSK 3
near in time; in the near future; very soon; recent
- 亲近qīn jìnHSK 7
intimate; to get close to
- 临近lín jìnHSK 7
close to; approaching
- 必将bì jiāngHSK 6
inevitably
- 走近zǒu jìnHSK 7
to approach; to draw near to
- 逼近bī jìnHSK 7
to press on towards; to close in on; to approach; to draw near
- 麻将má jiàngHSK 7
mahjong
- 贴近tiē jìnHSK 7
to press close to; to snuggle close; intimate
- 近日jìn rìHSK 6
(in) the past few days; recently; (within) the next few days
- 近年来jìn nián láiHSK 7
for the past few years
- 近视jìn shìHSK 6
shortsighted; nearsighted; myopia
- 近代jìn dàiHSK 4
the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949)
- 就近jiù jìnHSK 7
nearby; in a close neighborhood