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近来

jìn lái

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 近來

近来 (jìn lái) means "recently". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 近来 means

1. recently
2. lately

The characters in 近来

• 近jìnnear; close to; approximately
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…

Example sentences

• 近来进入三伏天了。
  Lately, we've entered the dog days of summer.
• 有人最近来过这里。
  Someone's been here recently.
• 近来各方面都有所改进。
  We've seen all-round improvements lately.
• 你的朋友近来在忙些什么？
  Nǐ de péngyou jìnlái zài máng xiē shénme?
  What has your friend been doing recently?
• 你的朋友近来在忙些什幺？
  What has your friend been doing recently?
• 近来咖啡的短缺造成了许多问题。
  Jìnlái kāfēi de duǎnquē zàochéng le xǔduō wèntí.
  The recent shortage of coffee has given rise to a lot of problems.

Sounds the same

Read jìn lái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 进来to come in

Where 近来 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jìn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jìn lái correctly.
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