# 将近 (jiāngjìn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 将近 (jiāngjìn) means “(adv) nearly; close to”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (adv) nearly; close to
- Pinyin: jiāngjìn (jiang1 jin4)
- Traditional: 將近
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我等了他将近一个小时。
  Wǒ děngle tā jiāngjìn yí gè xiǎoshí.
  I waited for him for nearly an hour.

## Characters

- [将](https://hanziro.com/word/jiang-will-about/) (jiāng): will, about to; (preposition) marks object
- [近](https://hanziro.com/word/jin-near/) (jìn): near; close

https://hanziro.com/word/jiang-jin-nearly/

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