近 jìn
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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). -
jìn
adverb
recently
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (GHC '近' 5; Kroll 2015 '近' 2) -
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) -
jìn
adverb
nearly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '近' 1b) -
jìn
adjective
simple; ordinary
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 浅近 (GHC '近' 4; Kroll 2015 '近' 3) -
jìn
verb
to be intimate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 亲近 (GHC '近' 3) -
jìn
proper noun
Jin
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (GHC '近' 6) -
jì
particle
a modal particle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '近' 7)
Contained in
- 亲近(親近) to get close to ; a favored minister
- 将近(將近) almost; nearly; close to
- 逼近 to press on towards; to close in on; to approach
- 近视(近視) shortsightedness; nearsightedness; myopia
- 浅希近求(淺希近求) to aim low; to aim to get by; without lofty ambition
- 新近 recent time
- 近在眼前 right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent
- 近乎同步 plesiochronous
- 近年 recent years
- 难于接近(難於接近) (of people) difficult to approach; inaccessible
- 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).
- 左近 near by
- 渐近(漸近) approximation
- 假性近视(假性近視) pseudomyopia
- 安乃近 analgin
- 抄近 to take a shortcut
- 近郊区(近郊區) suburbs; city outskirts
- 近日点(近日點) perihelion, the nearest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun; lower apsis
- 远近皆知(遠近皆知) known far and wide
- 临近(臨近) to move close to; to approach
- 近道 shortcut; a quicker method
- 切近 very close
- 近古 near ancient history
- 趋近(趨近) to approach (a numerical value); to converge to a limit (in calculus); convergence
- 切问而近思(切問而近思) sincerely inquiring and applying with self-reflection
- 近地天体(近地天體) near-Earth object (NEO)
- 好学近乎知,力行近乎仁,知耻近乎勇(好學近乎知,力行近乎仁,知恥近乎勇) to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know shame is akin to courage (Confucius)
- 近似 to be similar
- 近义词(近義詞) synonym; close equivalent expression
- 近代 modern times ; modern Chinese history
- 就近 nearby; in a close neighborhood
- 浅近(淺近) simple; obvious ; superficial; shallow
- 远水不解近渴(遠水不解近渴) distant water does not cure present thirst; urgent need
- 晚近 most recent in the past; recent; late; recently
- 抄近路 to take a shortcut
- 近路 a shortcut
- 平易近人 amiable and approachable; easy-going; modest and unassuming; (of writing) plain and simple; easy to understand
- 远水救不了近火(遠水救不了近火) water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here
- 近臣 a member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle
- 几近(幾近) to be on the brink of; to be on the verge of
- 近似等级(近似等級) order of approximation
- 近端胞浆(近端胞漿) proximal cytoplasm
- 套近乎 to worm one's way into being friends with somebody (usually derogatory)
- 抄近走 to take a shortcut
- 近藤 Kondō (Japanese surname)
- 逐次近似 successive approximate values
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卷舌近音 、 软颚近音 、 唇齿近音 、 近场通信 、 近卫文麿
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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
- 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
- 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
- 卷三十四 志第二十四 五行一 Volume 34 Treatises 28: Five Elements 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — 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
- 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — 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
- 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
- 卷十八 趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — 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
- 近仁 (近仁) 近仁 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 13. 《子路》 Zi Lu — count: 2
- 近中 (近中) 鑒者近中 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十 經說下 Book 10 - Exposition of Canon II — 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