近 jìn

1. jìn adjective nearby
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain:
   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:
   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 , Subdomain:
   Notes: In the sense of 靠近 (GHC '近' 2; Kroll 2015 '近' 1a)
4. jìn adverb nearly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain:
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '近' 1b)
5. jìn adjective simple / ordinary
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain:
   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 , Subdomain:
   Notes: In the sense of 亲近 (GHC '近' 3)
7. jìn proper noun Jin
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (GHC '近' 6)
8. jì particle a modal particle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain:
   Notes: (GHC '近' 7)

Contained in

• 近亲繁殖(近親繁殖) inbreeding
• 近利 short term benefit
• 近似 to be similar
• 近臣 a member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle
• 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
• 近现代史(近現代史) modern history and contemporary history
• 逼近 to press on towards / to close in on / to approach
• 近年来(近年來) for the past few years
• 近似解 approximate solution
• 近在眼前 right under one's nose / right in front of one's eyes / close at hand / imminent
• 近距离(近距離) close range
• 近代史 modern history
• 远亲不如近邻(遠親不如近鄰) A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor . Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.
• 近年 recent years
• 近顷(近頃) recently / of late
• 假性近视(假性近視) pseudomyopia
• 浅希近求(淺希近求) to aim low / to aim to get by / without lofty ambition
• 近郊区(近郊區) suburbs / city outskirts
• 言近指远(言近指遠) simple words, profound meaning
• 近日点(近日點) perihelion, the nearest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun / lower apsis
• 近况(近況) recent developments / current situation
• 拉近距离(拉近距離) to bring (people) closer together
• 靠近 to be near / to approach
• 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).
• 言近旨远(言近旨遠) simple words with a profound meaning
• 近端胞浆(近端胞漿) proximal cytoplasm
• 丑妻近地家中宝(醜妻近地家中寶) an ugly wife is a treasure at home
• 潜近(潛近) to sneak up on
• 贴近(貼近) to press close to / to snuggle close / intimate
• 近水楼台(近水樓臺) a pavilion near the water / using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
• 近几年(近幾年) in recent years
• 最近几年(最近幾年) the last few years / last several years / recent years
• 近藤 Kondō (Japanese surname)
• 凡近 with little learning
• 渐近(漸近) approximation

Also contained in

软颚近音 、 近卫文麿 、 卷舌近音 、 近具戒 、 软颚近音 、 硬颚近音 、 近场通信 、 圆唇硬颚近音 、 近场通信 、 近江国 、 近畿地方 、 难近母 、 近边地狱 、 习近平

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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
• 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — 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
• 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — 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
• 卷十八　趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 18
• 卷十五 本紀第十五: 憲宗下 Volume 15 Annals 15: Xianzong 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 17

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 近信 (近信) 而甚近信之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 2