将近 (將近)
jiāng jìn
Pinyin

Definition

将近 (將近)
 - 
jiāng jìn
  1. almost
  2. nearly
  3. close to

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

最近
zuì jìn
  1. 1 recently
  2. 2 soon
  3. 3 nearest
近
jìn
  1. 1 near
  2. 2 close to
  3. 3 approximately
将近
jiāng jìn
  1. 1 almost
  2. 2 nearly
  3. 3 close to
接近
jiē jìn
  1. 1 to approach
  2. 2 to get close to
临近
lín jìn
  1. 1 close to
  2. 2 approaching

Idioms (13)

人无远虑，必有近忧
rén wú yuǎn lǜ , bì yǒu jìn yōu
  1. 1 He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).
  2. 2 Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
平易近人
píng yì jìn rén
  1. 1 amiable and approachable (idiom); easy-going
  2. 2 modest and unassuming
  3. 3 (of writing) plain and simple
  4. 4 easy to understand
急功近利
jí gōng jìn lì
  1. 1 seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return
言近旨远
yán jìn zhǐ yuǎn
  1. 1 simple words with a profound meaning (idiom)
贵远贱近
guì yuǎn jiàn jìn
  1. 1 to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)

Sample Sentences

中国已建交的约170个国家里头，将近60个曾被冠以各种“伙伴关系”，比如中俄“全面战略协作伙伴关系”、中美“建设性的战略伙伴关系”、中英“全球性的战略伙伴关系”、中巴“全天候的战略伙伴关系”、中日“面向二十一世纪的战略伙伴关系”，以及习近平主席出访欧洲时，曾倡导中法建设“新型全面战略伙伴关系”、中德建立“全方位战略伙伴关系”。
Zhōngguó yǐ jiànjiāo de yuē yībǎiqīshí gè guójiā lǐtou ，jiāngjìn liùshí gè céng bèi guàn yǐ gèzhǒng “huǒbàn guānxi ”，bǐrú zhōng é “quánmiàn zhànlüè xiézuò huǒbàn guānxi ”、Zhōng Měi “jiànshèxìng de zhànlüè huǒbàn guānxi ”、zhōng yīng “quánqiúxìng de zhànlüè huǒbàn guānxi ”、zhōng bā “quántiānhòu de zhànlüè huǒbàn guānxi ”、zhōng rì “miànxiàng èrshíyī shìjì de zhànlüè huǒbàn guānxi ”，yǐjí xíjìnpíng zhǔxí chūfǎng Ōuzhōu shí ，céng chàngdǎo zhōng fǎ jiànshè “xīnxíng quánmiàn zhànlüè huǒbàn guānxi ”、zhōng dé jiànlì “quánfāngwèi zhànlüè huǒbàn guānxi ”。
China has already established diplomatic relations with almost 170 countries, almost 60 "relationships" with various names, like China and Russia's "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership", China and the USA's "Constructive Strategic Partnership", China and the UK's "Global Strategic Partnership", China and Pakistan's "All-weather Strategic Partnership", China and Japan's "Strategic Partnership Facing the 21st Century", and when Xi Jinping visited Europe, he once proposed that France and China establish a "new type of Comprehensive and Strategic partnership" and that China and Germany to establish "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership".
Go to Lesson 
秦宇是个羞涩的男孩儿，他其实有时候想和这个女孩儿聊几句，但也不知道该从何聊起。就这么过了将近三个月，他和女孩儿几乎天天见到面，但除了点咖啡和道谢之外，他们两人未曾说过其它话语。
qínyǔ shì gè xiūsè de nánháir ，tā qíshí yǒushíhou xiǎng hé zhège nǚháiēr liáo jǐ jù ，dàn yě bù zhīdào gāi cónghé liáo qǐ 。jiù zhème guò le jiāngjìn sān ge yuè ，tā hé nǚháiēr jīhū tiāntiān jiàndào miàn ，dàn chúle diǎn kāfēi hé dàoxiè zhīwài ，tāmen liǎng rén wèicéng shuō guo qítā huàyǔ 。
QinYu is a shy boy. Sometimes he really wanted to make small talk with this girl, but he didn't know where to start. About three months had passed, and he had been meeting this girl almost every day. But aside from ordering coffee and a thank-you, they hadn't said anything else to each other.
Go to Lesson 
现在有将近两万条。种类也很多，五步蛇，眼镜蛇，大蟒蛇，什么都有。你们看，这里就是养眼镜蛇的。
xiànzài yǒu jiāngjìn liǎng wàn tiáo 。zhǒnglèi yě hěn duō ，wǔbùshé ，yǎnjìngshé ，dàmǎngshé ，shénme dōu yǒu 。nǐmen kàn ，zhèlǐ jiùshì yǎng yǎnjìngshé de 。
Right now we have approximately 20,000. There are many different kinds: pit vipers, cobras, pythons, all kinds. Look, here is the place we raise cobras.
Go to Lesson 
但是，从最初出发的将近二十万人，到最后胜利会师的几万人，长征的损失可不小啊！
dànshì ，cóng zuìchū chūfā de jiāngjìn èrshí wàn rén ，dào zuìhòu shènglì huìshī de jǐ wàn rén ，chángzhēng de sǔnshī kě bù xiǎo a ！
But from almost 200,000 people who set out at the beginning, to a few thousand victorious people left at the end-- the losses during the Long March were really serious!
Go to Lesson