近 jìn close

Example sentences

我家离商店很近。Wǒ jiā lí shāngdiàn hěn jìn.My home is close to the store.
公司离这儿很近吗？Gōngsī lí zhèr hěn jìn ma?Is the office close to here?

HSK 2 — elementary Mandarin: 150 new words, 300 in all. You can handle basic daily tasks and simple routine exchanges. In HSK 3.0, 近 is in band 2. HSK 2 explained

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中近means close, as in close by. Here is how you'd talk about where you live.

中我家离商店很近。

My home is close to the store. Want to try it out loud?

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Stroke order

近 is written in 7 strokes.

近 — the Chinese character for close (jìn), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 近 — close

Senses

near
close to
approximately

Related words

Where 近 lives

HSK 2 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 2 Practise Topic: Position and direction Practise Topic: Describing things Practise

近 is pronounced jìn and means “close”.