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几乎

jī hū · ji hu

Traditional 幾乎

HSK 4Old HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. almost; nearly; practically
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Cycling to work

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)几乎(jīhū)每天(měitiān)骑车(qíchē)上班(shàngbān)吗(ma)？

    Do you ride to work almost every day?

  2. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，几乎(jīhū)每天(měitiān)，路(lù)上(shàng)只(zhǐ)要(yào)二十分钟(èrshífēnzhōng)。

    Yes, almost every day. It only takes twenty minutes.

  3. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)今天(jīntiān)我(wǒ)几乎(jīhū)迟到(chídào)了(le)，车胎(chētāi)没(méi)气(qì)了(le)。

    But today I was almost late. The tyre had no air.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)怎么(zěnme)来(lái)的(de)？

    So how did you get here?

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)只好(zhǐhǎo)跑(pǎo)来(lái)，几乎(jīhū)跑(pǎo)了(le)半个(bànge)小时(xiǎoshí)。

    I had to run here. I ran for almost half an hour.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)几(jī)乎(hū)没(méi)有(yǒu)说(shuō)完(wán)话(huà)，就(jiù)被(bèi)他(tā)打(dǎ)断(duàn)了(le)。

She had scarcely finished speaking when he cut in.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)几(jī)乎(hū)被(bèi)冻(dòng)死(sǐ)了(le)。

We were nearly frozen to death.

Tatoeba: Chinese by asosan · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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