HSK · Level 14
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Chinese word
近日
Pronunciation
Pinyinjìn rì
Meaning
- adverbrecently
Example
他近日去了很多地方。tā jìn rì qù le hěn duō dì fāng
He recently went to many places.
More examples
媒体报道，近日暴雨导致多地受灾。méi tǐ bào dào jìn rì bào yǔ dǎo zhì duō dì shòu zāi
Media reports say that heavy rains in recent days have caused disasters in many places.
Core concept
The word marks a short stretch of time close to the present, looking backward to recent events or forward to near-future ones.
Common phrases
近日发生jìn rì fā shēng
occur recently
近日发表jìn rì fā biǎo
be published recently
近日访问jìn rì fǎng wèn
visit recently
近日启动jìn rì qǐ dòng
launch recently
Similar words
最近zuì jìn: Points to recent time or the current period and is widely used in conversation.
近来jìn lái: Points back to a recent stretch of time, typically the last few days or weeks.
近期jìn qī: Points to a time period near the present, including recent or near-future time.
Definition in Chinese
表示从现在起不久的时间内发生或发生过的事，语域偏书面，常用作副词，可表示最近的情形或近将来发生的事情，与“最近”“不久”相近。biǎo shì cóng xiàn zài qǐ bù jiǔ de shí jiān nèi fā shēng huò fā shēng guò de shì yǔ yù piān shū miàn cháng yòng zuò fù cí kě biǎo shì zuì jìn de qíng xíng huò jìn jiāng lái fā shēng de shì qíng yǔ zuì jìn bù jiǔ xiāng jìn
Word origin
近 (jìn, "near") + 日 (rì, "day") forms a compound whose time image is a day near the present.
Usage tips
- The surrounding verb determines the time direction: a completed action gives a past reading, while a planned action gives a near-future reading.