將近 [将－]

Jyutping zoeng1 gan6
Pinyin jiāng jìn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. almost
  2. nearly
  3. close to
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 副詞
    就​嚟​到​某個​時間點​或者​數字​；​接近
    close to; nearly
    • 將近月尾，間間銀行都好少人排隊。
      将近月尾，间间银行都好少人排队。
      zoeng1 gan6 jyut6 mei5, gaan1 gaan1 ngan4 hong4 dou1 hou2 siu2 jan4 paai4 deoi2.
      Towards the end of the month, there is only a short queue in every bank.
    • 今次遊行將近有一百萬人。
      今次游行将近有一百万人。
      gam1 ci3 jau4 hang4 zoeng1 gan6 jau5 jat1 baak3 maan6 jan4.
      There were nearly a million people participating in this parade.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to approach; to come near to; to be close to
    (syn.) 倚欲
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
  2. 快要
  3. 快
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 三级词汇表 #348
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    已将近十点了。该是睡觉的时候了。
    已將近十點了。該是睡覺的時候了。
    yǐ jiāng jìn shí diǎn le 。 gāi shì shuì jiào de shí hou le 。
    • It's close to ten o'clock. It's about time we went to bed.
  2. Mandarin
    将近三点了。
    將近三點了。
    jiāng jìn sān diǎn le 。
    • It's nearly three o'clock.
    • It's almost three o'clock.
    • It's almost three.
  3. Mandarin
    这场战争持续了将近十年。
    這場戰爭持續了將近十年。
    zhè chǎng zhàn zhēng chí xù le jiāng jìn shí nián 。
    • The war lasted nearly ten years.
  4. Mandarin
    我第一次遇到她的时候，她将近三十岁的年纪。
    我第一次遇到她的時候，她將近三十歲的年紀。
    wǒ dì yī cì yù dào tā de shí hou ， tā jiāng jìn sān shí suì de nián jì 。
    • When I first met her, she was nearly 30 years old.
  5. Mandarin
    很多人问我，青春的诀别是否意味着年迈的将近。
    很多人問我，青春的訣別是否意味着年邁的將近。
    hěn duō rén wèn wǒ ， qīng chūn de jué bié shì fǒu yì wèi zhe nián mài de jiāng jìn 。
    • A lot of people ask me whether bidding goodbye to youth means old age is near.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    年关将近
    年關將近
    nin4 gwaan1 zoeng1 gan6
    • near the end of the year (of the lunar calendar)
  2. Cantonese
    将近月尾，间间银行都好少人排队。
    將近月尾，間間銀行都好少人排隊。
    zoeng1 gan6 jyut6 mei5, gaan1 gaan1 ngan4 hong4 dou1 hou2 siu2 jan4 paai4 deoi2.
    • Towards the end of the month, there is only a short queue in every bank.
  3. Cantonese
    今次游行将近有一百万人。
    今次遊行將近有一百萬人。
    gam1 ci3 jau4 hang4 zoeng1 gan6 jau5 jat1 baak3 maan6 jan4.
    • There were nearly a million people participating in this parade.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    那年我将近十岁，住在四川成都郊区的百花桥。
    那年我將近十歲，住在四川成都郊區的百花橋。
    nà nián wǒ jiāng jìn shí suì ， zhù zài sì chuān chéng dōu jiāo qū de bǎi huā qiáo ．
    • That year, I was about ten years old, living in Sichuan Province in a suburb of Chengdu city called Hundred Flowers.
  2. Mandarin
    腿骨折，求救信号差点没发出……两人得以在天黑前住进了帐篷，但卫星电话、手机都没有信号，连报警电话都打不出去。将近21点，突然有了信号，王琳才联系上了朋友蒋某某。
    腿骨折，求救信號差點沒發出……兩人得以在天黑前住進了帳篷，但衞星電話、手機都沒有信號，連報警電話都打不出去。將近21點，突然有了信號，王琳才聯繫上了朋友蔣某某。
    tuǐ gǔ zhé ， qiú jiù xìn hào chà diǎn méi fā chū ． ． ． ． ． ． Ｌｉǎｎｇ rén dé yǐ zài tiān hēi qián zhù jìn le zhàng peng ， dàn wèi xīng diàn huà ， shǒu jī dōu méi yǒu xìn hào ， lián bào jǐng diàn huà dōu dǎ bù chū qù ． jiāng jìn ２１ diǎn ， tū rán yǒu le xìn hào ， wáng lín cái lián xì shàng le péng you jiǎng mǒu mǒu ．
    • Fractured Her Bone, and Nearly Could Not Send Out a Distress Signal […]
      The two managed to set up a tent to stay for the night before it became dark, but their mobile phones and satellite phones were without reception and they were not even able to make emergency calls. Wang Lin was only able to contact her friend (Ms./Mr. Jiang) when there was some reception close to 9 pm.
  3. Mandarin
    以粮食为例，一九四九年全国产粮只有二千一百几十亿斤，到一九五六年产粮达到三千六百几十亿斤，增加了将近一千五百亿斤。
    以糧食為例，一九四九年全國產糧只有二千一百幾十億斤，到一九五六年產糧達到三千六百幾十億斤，增加了將近一千五百億斤。
    yǐ liáng shí wéi lì ， yī jiǔ sì jiǔ nián quán guó chǎn liáng zhǐ yǒu èr qiān yī bǎi jǐ shí yì jīn ， dào yī jiǔ wǔ liù nián chǎn liáng dá dào sān qiān liù bǎi jǐ shí yì jīn ， zēng jiā le jiāng jìn yī qiān wǔ bǎi yì jīn ．
    • Take grain crops. In 1949, the country's output was only something over 210,000 million catties. By 1956, it had risen to more than 360,000 million catties, an increase of nearly 150,000 million catties.