近 jìn

1. jìn adjective nearby
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, in literary Chinese, 遠水不救近火 'distant water cannot extinguish a nearby fire'from Han Feizi's Shuo Lin Shang (DCP 'Y448'; GHC '近' 1; Kroll 2015 '近' 1).
2. jìn adverb recently
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (GHC '近' 5; Kroll 2015 '近' 2)
3. jìn adjective to approach; to be near; to draw close to
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 靠近 (GHC '近' 2; Kroll 2015 '近' 1a)
4. jìn adverb nearly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '近' 1b)
5. jìn adjective simple; ordinary
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 浅近 (GHC '近' 4; Kroll 2015 '近' 3)
6. jìn verb to be intimate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 亲近 (GHC '近' 3)
7. jìn proper noun Jin
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (GHC '近' 6)
8. jì particle a modal particle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (GHC '近' 7)

Contained in

• 趋近(趨近) to approach (a numerical value); to converge to a limit (in calculus); convergence
• 近河之地溼 near a river, the earth is wet
• 临近(臨近) to move close to; to approach
• 安乃近 analgin
• 近年 recent years
• 近处(近處) vicinity; neighborhood
• 近人 contemporary; modern person ; close friend; associate; intimate
• 逼近 to press on towards; to close in on; to approach
• 远近(遠近) far and near; distance
• 近代汉语(近代漢語) Old Mandarin; Early Mandarin
• 逐次近似 successive approximate values
• 拉近距离(拉近距離) to bring (people) closer together
• 近况(近況) recent developments; current situation
• 浅近之徒(淺近之徒) a superficial person
• 附近 nearby ; vicinity
• 近日点(近日點) perihelion, the nearest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun; lower apsis
• 近端胞浆(近端胞漿) proximal cytoplasm
• 相近 to be close to; to be similar to ; nearly
• 近郊区(近郊區) suburbs; city outskirts
• 钱多事少离家近(錢多事少離家近) lots of money, less work, and close to home; ideal job
• 近地点(近地點) apsis; perigee
• 几近(幾近) to be on the brink of; to be on the verge of
• 近古藏语(近古藏語) Middle Tibetan
• 傍近 to be close to
• 近支 close relative
• 近零 to approach zero (in calculus)
• 近光灯(近光燈) low beam (headlights)
• 近海 coastal waters; offshore
• 人无远虑，必有近忧(人無遠慮，必有近憂) He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).
• 渐近(漸近) approximation
• 近在眼前 right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent
• 近乎 close to; intimate
• 最近 recently
• 左近 near by
• 凑近(湊近) to approach; to lean close to
• 亲近(親近) to get close to ; a favored minister
• 近侍 a personal attendant ; to wait on; to attend on
• 近来(近來) recently; lately
• 切近 very close
• 难于接近(難於接近) (of people) difficult to approach; inaccessible
• 急功近利 eager for instant success and quick benefit; a shortsighted vision

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近畿地方 、 圆唇硬颚近音 、 唇齿近音 、 近江国 、 近音 、 近距离无线通讯 、 近体诗 、 近场通信 、 近江 、 卷舌边近音

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• 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 18
• 卷十八　趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 18
• 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 18
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Collocations

• 近刑人 (近刑人) 君子不近刑人 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 近正 (近正) 近正也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 4
• 近止 (近止) 會言近止 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧杕杜 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Di Du — count: 3
• 近市 (近市) 子之宅近市 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 近小人 (近小人) 刺近小人也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧曹‧候人 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Hou Ren — count: 3
• 言近 (言近) 會言近止 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧杕杜 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Di Du — count: 3
• 近关 (近關) 從近關出 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 近中 (近中) 鑒者近中 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十 經說下 Book 10 - Exposition of Canon II — count: 2
• 恭近 (恭近) 恭近於禮 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 1. 《學而》 Xue Er — count: 2
• 近邑 (近邑) 吾近邑也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 2