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将近 jiāngjìn

将近 jiāngjìn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 将近 jiāngjìn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiāngjìn | jiang1 jin4
English translation
almost
nearly
close to

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Traditional form

將近

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí
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Etymology of 将近 jiāngjìn

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jiāng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of jiāng . Depicts a hand ( cùn ) taking a piece of meat ( ròu ), conveying the meaning "take". qiáng (qiáng) is a sound component.

Positional decomposition

qiáng 夕寸

Number of Strokes

9
jìn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and jīn represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

jīn

Semantic compound

chuò

Positional decomposition

辶斤

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 将近 jiāngjìn

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féng 北国 běi guó zhī Qiū , jiāng jìn 十余 Nián le .

It is more than a decade since I last saw autumn in the North.

将近 jiāngjìn xiàng de de 时候 shíhou ,突然 tūrán 站住 zhàn zhù le .

As he neared the end of the lane he suddenly stopped.

jiāng jìn 中午 zhōngwǔ de 时候 shíhou , le 自己 zìjǐ de huó táo huí le Dōng Shì .

About noon she made her escape with her work to the East room.

体积 tǐjī 很大大约 dàyuē yǒu 3英尺 yīng chǐ cháng 高度 gāo dù 将近 jiāngjìn 3英尺。

It was bulky, perhaps three feet long and almost as high.

de 政治 zhèngzhì 生涯 shēng yá 将近 jiāngjìn 40 Nián 其间 qí jiān 起起伏伏

He had a chequered political career spanning nearly forty years.

将近 jiāngjìn Decomposition

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将近 jiāngjìn Compounds

See all 6 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 将近 jiāngjìn in their composition.

  • jiāng
    • jiǎng , qiāng , jiǎng , jiāng , jiàng ,
  • jìn
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