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最近
zuì jìn
recently, lately

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What does 最近 mean?

最近 (pinyin: zuì jìn) means recently, lately. It belongs to the official HSK 3 vocabulary (intermediate), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.

Example with 最近

I've been very busy recently.

Character families

Every HSK 1–4 word containing 最 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 近

The characters of 最近

最zuìmost, -est (superlative) (HSK 2)
近jìnnear, close (HSK 2)

Related HSK 3 words

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脸liǎnface
终于zhōng yúfinally, at last
换huànto exchange, to change
比较bǐ jiàorelatively, compare
马Mǎhorse
游戏yóu xìgame
影响yǐng xiǎngto influence, impact

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