[jìn]
[形]
（空間或時間距離短） near; close
the history of the last hundred years
近百年史
in recent years
近幾年來
The singing came closer and closer.
歌聲由遠而近。
Come closer.
靠近些。
National Day is drawing near.; It'll soon be National Day.
離國慶日很近了。
His lectures always proceed from the close to the distant and from the elementary to the profound.
他講課總是由近及遠， 由淺入深。
（接近） approaching; approximately; close to
approaching sixty
年近60
amiable and easy of approach
平易近人
There were nearly 10,000 spectators.
觀眾近萬人。
It was close upon midnight.
時近午夜。
（親近； 關系密切） intimate; closely related
The two families are on intimate terms.
兩家關系挺近。
[書] （淺近； 淺顯） easy to understand
simple and easy to understand
淺近
simple in language but profound in meaning
言近旨遠
[名]
（姓氏） a surname
Jin Gongi
近公義