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

• 近古 near ancient history
• 近几年(近幾年) in recent years
• 拉近距离(拉近距離) to bring (people) closer together
• 近代 modern times ; modern Chinese history
• 临近(臨近) to move close to; to approach
• 就近 nearby; in a close neighborhood
• 近零 to approach zero (in calculus)
• 近况(近況) recent developments; current situation
• 近臣 a member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle
• 近世 early modern period
• 近人 contemporary; modern person ; close friend; associate; intimate
• 近来(近來) recently; lately
• 切近 very close
• 近乎同步 plesiochronous
• 套近乎 to worm one's way into being friends with somebody (usually derogatory)
• 靠近 to be near; to approach
• 凡近 with little learning
• 近东(近東) Near East
• 趋近(趨近) to approach (a numerical value); to converge to a limit (in calculus); convergence
• 远近皆知(遠近皆知) known far and wide
• 挽近(輓近) most recent in the past; recent; late
• 近地轨道(近地軌道) low Earth orbit (LEO)
• 逐次近似 successive approximate values
• 晚近 most recent in the past; recent; late; recently
• 浅希近求(淺希近求) to aim low; to aim to get by; without lofty ambition
• 浅近(淺近) simple; obvious ; superficial; shallow
• 知耻近乎勇(知恥近乎勇) having a sense of shame is next to being brave
• 亲近(親近) to get close to ; a favored minister
• 近河之地溼 near a river, the earth is wet
• 濒近(瀕近) on the brink
• 近年来(近年來) for the past few years
• 挨近 to get close to; to approach
• 近端胞浆(近端胞漿) proximal cytoplasm
• 近亲(近親) a close relative; a near relation
• 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
• 假性近视(假性近視) pseudomyopia
• 近朱近墨 one is judged by the company one keeps
• 最近 recently
• 近地点(近地點) apsis; perigee

Also contained in

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

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — 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
• 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

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
• 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
• 信近 (信近) 信近於義 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 1. 《學而》 Xue Er — count: 2
• 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