Approach in Chinese
to approach · HSK 5
接近
- 接 to receive
- 近 near
小猫不让陌生人接近它。 The kitten won't let strangers get close to it.
Other ways to say approach
More words with 接 or 近
How do you say approach in Chinese?
Approach in Chinese is 接近 (jiē jìn). You can also say 靠近 (kào jìn), 来临 (lái lín), 态度 (tài du), 思路 (sī lù).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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