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接近

jiē jìn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

接近 (jiē jìn) means "to approach". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 接近 means

1. to approach; to get close to

The characters in 接近

• 接jiēto receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb
• 近jìnnear; close to; approximately

Example sentences

• 不要接近我。
  Keep away from me.
• 接近十二点了。
  It is almost 12 o'clock.
• 总统很难接近。
  The president is difficult to approach.
• 会议接近了尾声。
  Huìyì jiējìn le wěishēng.
  The meeting has almost ended.
• 台风正接近日本。
  A typhoon is approaching Japan.
• 汤姆小心地接近。
  Tom approached cautiously.

Words containing 接近

• 易接近yì jiē jìnaccessible
• 难于接近nán yú jiē jìn(of people) difficult to approach; inaccessible

Where 接近 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Actions & Everyday Interactions (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiē jìn correctly.
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