HSK 6 · Time

近来 jìnlái “recently” in Chinese

Traditional 近來

What 近来 means

  1. recently
  2. lately

How to say 近来

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale近jìn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale来lái2nd tone, rising

近来 in a sentence

  1. 近来各方面都有所改进。

    Jìnlái gè fāngmiàn dōu yǒusuǒ gǎijìn.

    Things have improved in every area lately.

    Sentence #4717465 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你的朋友近来在忙些什么？

    Nǐ de péngyou jìnlái zài máng xiē shénme?

    What has your friend been up to lately?

    Sentence #420050 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 近来咖啡的短缺造成了许多问题。

    Jìnlái kāfēi de duǎnquē zàochéng le xǔduō wèntí.

    The recent coffee shortage has caused many problems.

    Sentence #794034 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 近来 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 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.

The character 来 (lái) with each of its parts in a different colour
来láito come
  • 未part of the character
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā

Memory aidDrawn from a stalk of wheat. It was borrowed early on for “to come”.

How to write 近来

近 7 strokes · 来 7 strokes

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

Words related to 近来

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就近jiùjìn · nearby将近jiāngjìn · nearly急功近利jígōngjìnlì · eager for quick results and profit

Words with 来

来lái · to come出来chūlái · to come out过来guòlái · to come over回来huílai · to return进来jìnlái · to come in上来shànglái · to come up下来xiàlai · to come down后来hòulái · afterwards起来qǐlai · beginning or continuing an action带来dàilái · to bring (about)

More words: Time & Sequence

季度jìdù · quarter (of a year)截至jiézhì · up to截止jiézhǐ · to end即将jíjiāng · about to及早jízǎo · as early as possible连年liánnián · for years in a row历代lìdài · successive dynasties历来lìlái · always

FAQs

近来 (jìnlái) means “recently” or “lately”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jìnlái: jìn with a 4th tone, then lái with a 2nd 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, 近来 is written 近來. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jinlai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 近来 from the suggestions. Typing jinlai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
近来 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.