将近(jiāng jìn): almost
almost
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 将近 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
我已经等了将近半个小时。
wǒ yǐ jīng děng le jiāng jìn bàn gè xiǎo shí
I have already waited nearly half an hour.
已将近十点了。该是睡觉的时候了。
yǐ jiāng jìn shí diǎn le gāi shì shuì jiào de shí hòu le
It's close to ten o'clock. It's about time we went to bed.
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