Meaning of 近日
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- (in) the past few days
- recently
- (within) the next few days
How to use 近日
近日 is a formal word that shows up often in news reports, notices and official writing. It can point to the past few days or the next few days, and context tells you which. Example: 近日天气很冷。(Jìnrì tiānqì hěn lěng.) The weather has been cold these past few days.
近 (jìn) means near and 日 (rì) means day, so 近日 is simply the days near now. Those near days can sit just behind you or just ahead of you.
Common mistake: Learners often use 近日 in casual speech where 最近 (zuìjìn) sounds more natural. 近日 also covers a shorter, more specific time span than 最近, which can stretch to weeks or months. Also keep the fourth tone on both syllables: jìnrì, not jīnrì like 今日 (jīnrì, today).
近日 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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近 jìn · near · 7 strokes
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日 rì · sun · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 近日.
| 生日 | shēngrì | birthday |
| 日期 | rìqī | date |
| 星期日 | xīngqīrì | Sunday |
| 最近 | zuìjìn | recently; soon |
| 日子 | rìzi | day; a (calendar) date |
| 节日 | jiérì | holiday; festival |
| 日报 | rìbào | daily newspaper |
| 接近 | jiējìn | to approach; to get close to |
| 日常 | rìcháng | day-to-day; daily; everyday |
| 将近 | jiāngjìn | almost; nearly |
| 近期 | jìnqī | near in time; in the near future |
| 附近 | fùjìn | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood |
Questions about 近日
What does 近日 mean?
近日 (jìnrì) means "(in) the past few days; recently" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 近日?
近日 is made of 2 characters: 近 (7 strokes), 日 (4 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 近日 an HSK word?
Yes. 近日 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How do I know if 近日 means the past few days or the next few days?
Look at the verb and other time clues. With 了 or a completed event it usually means the past few days, as in 近日发生了 (happened recently). With words like 将 (jiāng, will) it means the coming days, as in 近日将公布 (will be announced soon).
What is the difference between 近日 and 近来 (jìnlái)?
Both are formal and mean recently. 近来 only looks back at the recent past and often describes an ongoing state. 近日 can also look forward to the next few days.