Close to in Chinese
close to · HSK 5
将近
- 将 will
- 近 near
他等了将近两个小时。 He waited for nearly two hours.
Other ways to say close to
More words with 将 or 近
How do you say close to in Chinese?
Close to in Chinese is 将近 (jiāng jìn). You can also say 切 (qiè), 靠近 (kào jìn), 靠 (kào).
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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