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nearby
recently
almost
to approach
the not-very-distant past
for the past few years
near in time
to be close to
recently
shortsighted
to press close to
Notice where 近 sits in each complete thought.
There are many people living near us.
Source: Tatoeba #4795953 · CC BY 2.0 FRI'm hearing that a lot lately.
Source: Tatoeba #5617240 · CC BY 2.0 FRI have already waited nearly half an hour.
Source: Tatoeba #3076595 · CC BY 2.0 FRHe is still somewhere about.
Source: Tatoeba #813479 · CC BY 2.0 FRI think it's somewhere around here.
Source: Tatoeba #429471 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.