近乎

Chinese

		near; close (to); approximately	(interrog. part.)
trad. (近乎)		近	乎
simp. #(近乎)		近	乎

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan⁶ fu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnhu
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-hu¹
    • Yale: jìn-hū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnhu
    • Palladius: цзиньху (czinʹxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan⁶ fu⁴
    • Yale: gahn fùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan⁶ fu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen⁶ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn²² fuː²¹/

Verb

近乎

1. to be similar to; to be little short of; to be close to; to be almost

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnhu, jìnhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ˙ㄏㄨ, ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, mainland China)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnhu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ˙ㄏㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnhů
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-hu⁵
    • Yale: jìn-hu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn.hu
    • Palladius: цзиньху (czinʹxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ xu¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnhu
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-hu¹
    • Yale: jìn-hū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnhu
    • Palladius: цзиньху (czinʹxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/

Adjective

近乎

1. (colloquial) close (to someone): intimate; friendly

Synonyms

• 同衾 (tóngqīn) (literary, figuratively)
• 周密 (zhōumì) (literary, of dealings)
• 密切 (mìqiè)
• 接近 (jiējìn)
• 火熱／火热 (huǒrè)
• 熱和／热和 (rèhuo) (colloquial)
• 熱火／热火 (rèhuǒ) (colloquial)
• 知心 (zhīxīn)
• 緊密／紧密 (jǐnmì)
• 親切／亲切 (qīnqiè)
• 親善／亲善 (qīnshàn) (of relations between countries)
• 親密／亲密 (qīnmì)
• 親熱／亲热 (qīnrè)
• 親近／亲近 (qīnjìn)
• 貼己／贴己 (tiējǐ)
• 貼身／贴身 (tiēshēn)
• 近 (jìn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 過心／过心 (guòxīn) (regional)
• 體己／体己

 

Derived terms

• 套近乎 (tàojìnhū)