HSK 6 · Function Words

将近 jiāngjìn “nearly” in Chinese

Traditional 將近

What 将近 means

  1. nearly
  2. almost
  3. close to

How to say 将近

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale将jiāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale近jìn4th tone, falling

将近 in a sentence

  1. 我已经等了将近半个小时。

    Wǒ yǐjīng děng le jiāngjìn bàn ge xiǎoshí.

    I’ve already been waiting for nearly half an hour.

    Sentence #3076595 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 将近三点了。

    Jiāngjìn sān diǎn le.

    It’s nearly three o’clock.

    Sentence #824571 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我第一次遇到她的时候，她将近三十岁的年纪。

    Wǒ dìyī cì yùdào tā de shíhou, tā jiāngjìn sānshí suì de niánjì.

    When I first met her, she was nearly thirty.

    Sentence #1254557 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 将近 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 将 (jiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
将jiāngwill
  • 丬half of tree trunk · qiáng
  • 夕evening · xī
  • 寸inch · cùn
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 将近

将 9 strokes · 近 7 strokes

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

Words related to 将近

Words with 将

将jiāng · will将来jiānglái · in the future即将jíjiāng · about to将就jiāngjiu · to make do将军jiāngjūn · general (military rank)

Words with 近

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

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毫无háowú · not at all呵hē · to breathe out嘿hēi · hey (to attract attention)胡乱húluàn · carelessly鉴于jiànyú · in view of即便jíbiàn · even if皆jiē · all接连jiēlián · in succession

FAQs

将近 (jiāngjìn) means “nearly” or “almost”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiāngjìn: jiāng with a 1st 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 将近 is written 將近. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiangjin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 将近 from the suggestions. Typing jiangjin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
将近 is an HSK 6 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.