近 (gan6 kan5 | jin4) : near; close

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近

gan6 kan5

jin4

[1] near; close; nearby; neighbouring
[2] approximate; approaching; close on
[3] intimate; closely related

Jyutping gan6 is literary reading; kan5 is strictly limited to colloquial context.

Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: (#162)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

近

This word has been viewed 18961 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Aug 2013 07:14

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近住 gan6 zyu6 = near something; close to something 粵

最近 zeoi3 gan6 zui4 jin4 = recently

近代 gan6 doi6 jin4 dai4 = recent times

近東 gan6 dung1 jin4 dong1 = Near East

靠近 kaau3 gan6 kao4 jin4 = be close to; be near; approaching

側近 zak1 gan6*1 ce4 jin4 = beside; next to 粵

附近 fu6 gan6 fu4 jin4 = nearby; close to; in the vicinity

逼近 bik1 gan6 bi1 jin4 = to press towards

新近 san1 gan6 xin1 jin4 = newly

將近 zoeng1 gan6 jiang1 jin4 = nearly; almost; close to

就近 zau6 gan6 jiu4 jin4 = nearby

接近 zip3 gan6 jie1 jin4 = near; nearby; close to

近似 gan6 ci5 jin4 si4 = similar to; nearly the same as

近來 gan6 loi4*2 jin4 lai2 = recently; lately

近年 gan6 nin4 jin4 nian2 = recent years

近期 gan6 kei4 jin4 qi1 (PRC), jin4 qi2 (Taiwan) = soon; in the near future

近視 gan6 si6 jin4 shi4 = shortsighted; shortsightedness; myopia

近日 gan6 jat6 jin4 ri4 = in the past/last few days, recently

鄰近 leon4 gan6 = neighborhood

挨近 aai1 kan5 ai1 jin4 = get close to, be near to

近路 kan5 lou6 jin4 lu4 = cutoff, a short cut

相近 soeng1 gan6 xiang1 jin4 = close, similar to

親近 can1 gan6 qin1 jin4 = to get close to someone; to get intimate

近乎 gan6 fu4 jin4 hu5 = close to, intimate

近況 gan6 fong3 jin4 kuang4 = recent situation

左近 zo2 gan6*2 = nearby

近視眼鏡 gan6 si6 ngaan5 geng3*2 = nearsighted spectacles, long-distance glasses

易接近 ji6 zip3 gan6 yi4 jie1 jin4 = accessible

最近幾年 zeoi3 gan6 gei2 nin4 zui4 jin4 ji3 nian2 = the last few years; last several years; recent years

近似等級 gan6 ci5 dang2 kap1 jin4 si4 deng3 ji2 = order of approximation

不近人情 bat1 gan6 jan4 cing4 bu4 jin4 ren2 qing2 = not amenable to reason; unreasonable 國

在附近 zoi6 fu6 gan6 zai4 fu4 jin4 = nearby

近年來 gan6 nin4 loi4 jin4 nian2 lai2 = for the past few years

近郊區 gan6 gaau1 keoi1 jin4 jiao1 qu1 = suburbs; city outskirts

近乎完美的肌膚 gan6 fu4 jyun4 mei5 dik1 gei1 fu1 = near-perfect skin 國

遠近 jyun5 gan6 yuan3 jin4 = far and near

近因 gan6 jan1 = an immediate cause, a proximate cause

不遠不近 bat1 jyun5 bat1 gan6 bu4 yuan3 bu4 jin4 = neither close nor far away 國

幾近 gei2 gan6 ji2 jin4 = close to

近海 gan6 hoi2 jin4 hai3 = coastal waters; inshore; offshore

近似式 gan6 ci5 sik1 jin4 si4 shi4 = approximant

無分遠近 mou4 fan1 jyun5 kan5 wu2 fen1 yuan3 jin4 = no distance

挨年近晚 aai1 nin4 gan6 maan5 = approaching lunar new year's eve; end of the year

親生仔不如近身錢 can1 sang1 zai2 bat1 jyu4 gan6 san1 cin4 qin1 sheng1/5 zi1 bu4 ru2 shen1qian2 = it's better to have money than to have to depend on your own children

嗰頭近 go2 tau4 kan5 = near the age of death 粵

平易近人 ping4 ji6 gan6 jan4 = easy to get along with

有咁近，得咁近 jau5 gam3 kan5, dak1 gam3 kan5 = as close as possible 粵

近親 gan6 can1 = close family relations

近親交配 gan6 can1 gaau1 pui3 jin4 qin1 jiao1 pei4 = incest; inbreeding

站近 zaam6 gan6 = to stand close

近排 gan6 paai4*2 = recently 粵

抄近路 caau1 kan5 lou6 chao1 jin4 lu4 = cut; cut corners; cut off a corner; take a shoot

貼近 tip3 gan6 tie1 jin4 = to press close to; to snuggle close

走近 zau2 gan6 zou3 jin4 = to approach

遠交近攻 jyun5 gaau1 kan5 gung1 = befriend a distant state while attacking a neighbor

近體詩 gan6 tai2 si1 jin4 ti3 shi1 = Classical poetry from the 5th century onwards

近在咫尺 gan6 zoi6 zi2 cek3 jin4 zai4 zhi3 chi3 = close by; within reach; close at hand

近程 gan6 cing4 jin4 cheng2 = short range

近義詞 gan6 ji6 ci4 jin4 yi4 ci2 = near synonym

好事近 hou2 si6 gan6 hao3 shi4 jin4 = of a wedding to be near 粵

臨近 lam4 gan6 lin2 jin4 = close to

近距離接觸 gan6 keoi5 lei4 zip3 zuk1 jin4 ju4 li2 jie1 chu4 = close contact

近乎同步 gan6 fu4 tung4 bou6 jin4 hu5 tong2 bu4 = plesiochronous (nearly synchronized)

安乃近 on1 naai5 gan6 an1 nai3 jin4 = analgene, analgin

近地點 gan6 dei6 dim2 jin4 di4 dian3 = [astron.] perigee

伊利近街 ji6 lei6 gan6 gaai1 yi1 li4 jin4 jie1 = Elgin Street

捨近求遠 se2 gan6 kau4 jyun5 she3 jin4 qiu2 yuan3 = seek from afar

近墨者黑，近朱者赤 gan6 mak6 ze2 hak1, gan6 zyu ze2 cik3 jin4 mo4 zhe3 hei1, jin4 zhu1 zhe3 chi4 = you resemble the people you associate with

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你最近幾好嗎？粵
How have you been lately?

請問，附近哪裡有藥房呀？國
Excuse me, is there a pharmacy around here?

近排我一直都捱夜加班粵
Recently I've been staying up late, doing overtime non-stop.
[Lit. recently I always also stay-up-late do-overtime.]

你近排做嘅嘢，我哋好滿意粵
We're satisfied with the work you've done recently.
[Lit. You recently do [particle] things, we [meaningless word] satisfied. Here, 好 has no particular meaning, and just serves to introduce the adjective afterwards.]

我近排好忙﹐冇時間照顧仔女。粵
I'm too busy these days to have time to take care of my children.
[The English phrase "too busy to have time" becomes "too busy and have no time" in Cantonese.]

請勿靠近車門
Please stand back from the doors
[MTR announcement]

佢近來怪怪哋，一時就笑口吟吟，一時就鼓埋泡腮粵
She has been acting a little strange lately, one moment she is smiling sweetly, next moment she is grumpy

你近況如何? 國
How are things going with you?

聽講話近排有隻獵豹喺呢頭殺咗三個人粵
I heard there's a cheetah who killed three people recently.
[Lit. hear-say-speech recently have [counter] cheetah at this area kill-[particle indicating completeness] three people See this thread for discussion on grammar: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,111098,111192#msg-111192]

陳仔近排當黑﹐冇咗份工兼且輸埋官司。粵
Chan was lately down on his luck, losing both his job and the court case.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,128378]

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