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

• 近乎同步 plesiochronous
• 抄近走 to take a shortcut
• 近世日语(近世日語) Early Modern Japanese
• 相近 to be close to; to be similar to
• 近来(近來) recently; lately
• 安乃近 analgin
• 近几年(近幾年) in recent years
• 近支 close relative
• 近在咫尺 to be almost within reach; to be close at hand
• 近前 to come close; to get near to; front
• 近视(近視) shortsightedness; nearsightedness; myopia
• 迫近 to approach; to press in ; to approach; to press in
• 左近 near by
• 近距离(近距離) close range
• 年近花甲 a person nearing sixty years of age
• 近朱者赤，近墨者黑 those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black
• 近在眼前 right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent
• 近世 early modern period
• 就近 nearby; in a close neighborhood
• 近年 recent years
• 濒近(瀕近) on the brink
• 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
• 近利 short term benefit
• 渐近(漸近) approximation
• 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).
• 难于接近(難於接近) (of people) difficult to approach; inaccessible
• 近因 immediate cause; proximate cause
• 近朱近墨 one is judged by the company one keeps
• 挽近(輓近) most recent in the past; recent; late
• 最近几年(最近幾年) the last few years / last several years / recent years
• 四近 nearby
• 近处(近處) vicinity; neighborhood
• 逐次近似 successive approximate values
• 近东(近東) Near East
• 近侍 a personal attendant ; to wait on; to attend on
• 近地点(近地點) apsis; perigee
• 浅近之徒(淺近之徒) a superficial person
• 趋近(趨近) to approach (a numerical value); to converge to a limit (in calculus); convergence
• 言近旨远(言近旨遠) simple words with a profound meaning
• 近海 coastal waters; offshore
• 亲近(親近) to get close to ; a favored minister

Also contained in

近音 、 唇齿近音 、 卷舌边近音 、 齿龈近音 、 近打 、 浊圆唇软颚近音 、 近思录 、 近场通讯 、 习近平 、 硬颚近音

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• 卷19　志第14 天文上 Volume 19 Treatises 14: Astronomy 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 31
• 第二 律曆中 賈逵論曆 永元論曆 延光論曆 漢安論曆 熹平論曆 論月食 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Two Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 21
• 卷八十三　志第三十三: 　選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 21
• 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 18
• 卷二百四十七 列傳第六 宗室四 Volume 247 Biographies 6: Imperial Clan 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 18
• 卷三十六 志第十六: 天文下 Volume 36 Treatises 16: Astronomy 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 18
• 卷六十七 列傳第二十七 謝靈運 Volume 67 Biographies 27: Xie Lingyun Book of Song 宋書 — count: 18
• 卷十八　趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 18
• 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 18
• 卷一百八十 列傳第六十八 張寧 王徽 毛弘 丘弘 李森 魏元 强珍 王瑞 李俊 汪奎 湯鼐 姜綰 姜洪 曹璘 彭程 龐泮 呂獻 葉紳 胡獻 張弘至 屈伸 王獻臣 Volume 180 Biographies 68: Zhang Ning, Wang Hui, Mao Hong, Qiu Hong, Li Sen, Wei Yuan, Qiang Zhen, Wang Rui, Li Jun, Wang Kui, Tang Nai, Jiang Wan, Jiang Hong, Cao Lin, Peng Cheng, Pang Pan, Lu Xian, Ye Shen, Hu Xian, Zhang Hongzhi, Qu Shen, Wang Xianchen History of Ming 明史 — count: 18

Collocations

• 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
• 近书 (近書) 以近書也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2
• 近仁 (近仁) 近仁 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 13. 《子路》 Zi Lu — count: 2
• 恭近 (恭近) 恭近於禮 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 1. 《學而》 Xue Er — count: 2