近乎 [－－]

Jyutping gan6 fu4
Pinyin jìn hū

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to be similar to; to be little short of; to be close to; to be almost
  2. adj, colloquial
    close (to someone): intimate; friendly
    (syn.) 親熱, 知心, 亲切, 火熱, 親近, 緊密, 密切, 同衾, 過心, 貼己, 贴己, 體己, 接近, 体己, 热火, 親切, 近, 熱和, 周密, 貼身, 亲善, 过心, 火热, 亲近, 親善, 亲密, 贴身, 紧密, 親密, 热和, 亲热, 熱火

近乎 [－－]

Jyutping gan6 fu4
Pinyin jìn hu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. close to
  2. intimate
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 副詞
    接近
    close to; little short of
    • 知恥近乎勇
      知耻近乎勇
      to know what is disgraceful is a step towards courage
    • 呢件藝術品近乎完美。
      呢件艺术品近乎完美。
      ni1 gin6 ngai6 seot6 ban2 gan6 fu4 jyun4 mei5.
      This art work is close to perfection.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    知耻近乎勇。
    知恥近乎勇。
    zi1 ci2 gan6 fu4 jung5.
    • Being able to feel shame is almost a kind of brave act.
  2. Cantonese
    近乎
    近乎
    gan6 fu4
    • close to; little short of
  3. Cantonese
    知耻近乎勇
    知恥近乎勇
    zi1 ci2 gan6 fu4 jung5
    • to know what is disgraceful is a step towards courage
  4. Cantonese
    知耻近乎勇
    知恥近乎勇
    • to know what is disgraceful is a step towards courage
  5. Cantonese
    呢件艺术品近乎完美。
    呢件藝術品近乎完美。
    ni1 gin6 ngai6 seot6 ban2 gan6 fu4 jyun4 mei5.
    • This art work is close to perfection.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    库房近乎干塘。
    库房近乎干塘。
    fu3 fong4 gan6 fu1 gon1 tong4.
    • The treasury almost dries up.
  2. Mandarin
    工农业品的交换，我们是采取缩小剪刀差，等价交换或者近乎等价交换的政策。
    工農業品的交換，我們是採取縮小剪刀差，等價交換或者近乎等價交換的政策。
    gōng nóng yè pǐn de jiāo huàn ， wǒ men shì cǎi qǔ suō xiǎo jiǎn dāo chā ， děng jià jiāo huàn huò zhě jìn hū děng jià jiāo huàn de zhèng cè ．
    • In the exchange of industrial and agricultural products we follow a policy of narrowing the price scissors, a policy of exchanging equal or roughly equal values.