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Expressing "nearly" with 几乎 ("ji1hu1")

几乎 jīhū

Adverb
HSK 4

Structure

几乎 + Noun Phrase + 都 …… 几乎 + 没有 + Noun Phrase …… Subj. + 几乎 + [不 / 没 +] Predicate

Translations

  • almost

Definition

表示非常接近某种状态或情况，但还没有完全达到。

Indicates that something is very close to a certain state or situation, but not completely achieved.

Usage

几乎（jī hū）常用于修饰动词、形容词或数量短语，表示“差不多”、“接近于”。例如：“几乎完成了”意思是差不多完成但还没完全完成。

几乎 (jīhū) is often used to modify verbs, adjectives, or quantity phrases, meaning 'almost' or 'nearly'. For example: '几乎完成了' means nearly finished but not completely.

Examples

  • 1 我几乎每天都去健身房。 (I go to the gym almost every day.)
  • 2 他几乎花了三个小时才完成作业。 (He spent nearly three hours finishing his homework.)
  • 3 这部电影几乎三个小时长。 (This movie is almost three hours long.)
  • 4 她几乎跑遍了整个城市。 (She almost ran all over the city.)
  • 5 我几乎忘了今天有考试。 (I almost forgot there was an exam today.)

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