HSK 3 · Places

附近 fùjìn “nearby” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 附近 means

  1. nearby
  2. in the vicinity
  3. neighbouring
  4. (in the) vicinity (of)
  5. neighbourhood

How to say 附近

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale附fù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale近jìn4th tone, falling

附近 in a sentence

  1. 他就住在附近。

    Tā jiù zhù zài fùjìn.

    He lives close by.

    Sentence #846191 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我家附近有个漂亮的公园。

    Wǒ jiā fùjìn yǒu ge piàoliang de gōngyuán.

    There is a beautiful park near my home.

    Sentence #333150 from Tatoeba

  3. 请问这儿附近有没有厕所？

    Qǐngwèn zhèr fùjìn yǒu méiyǒu cèsuǒ?

    Excuse me, is there a toilet near here?

    Sentence #392205 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 附近 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 附 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
附fùto add; to attach
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 付give · fùSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 付 (fù) hints at the sound. Compare it with fù.

The character 近 (jìn) with each of its parts in a different colour
近jìnnear
  • 斤axe · jīnSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 斤 (jīn) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìn.

How to write 附近

附 7 strokes · 近 7 strokes

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附近 (fùjìn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 附近 (fùjìn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 附近

Words with 附

附和fùhè · to echo (someone’s views)附属fùshǔ · affiliated附件fùjiàn · attachment

Words with 近

近jìn · near最近zuìjìn · recently近代jìndài · modern times (roughly 1840 to 1919 in China)接近jiējìn · to approach近来jìnlái · recently就近jiùjìn · nearby将近jiāngjìn · nearly急功近利jígōngjìnlì · eager for quick results and profit

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FAQs

附近 (fùjìn) means “nearby” or “in the vicinity”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it fùjìn: fù with a 4th tone, then jìn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 附近 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fujin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 附近 from the suggestions. Typing fujin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
附近 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.