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近来

jìn lái · jin lai

Traditional 近來

HSK 5Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. recently
  2. lately
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Lately I cook

  1. Dengdeng

    近来(jìnlái)你(nǐ)怎么样(zěnmeyàng)？

    How have you been lately?

  2. Liangliang

    近来(jìnlái)我(wǒ)在(zài)学(xué)做饭(zuòfàn)。

    Lately I'm learning to cook.

  3. Dengdeng

    做(zuò)得(de)怎么样(zěnmeyàng)？

    How is it going?

  4. Liangliang

    近来(jìnlái)我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)会(huì)炒鸡蛋(chǎojīdàn)，天天(tiāntiān)吃(chī)。

    Lately I can only fry eggs, so I eat them every day.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)近来(jìnlái)一定(yīdìng)是(shì)炒蛋(chǎodàn)专家(zhuānjiā)了(le)！

    Then you must be an egg expert by now!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

近(jìn)来(lái)各(gè)方(fāng)面(miàn)都(dōu)有(yǒu)所(suǒ)改(gǎi)进(jìn)。

We've seen all-round improvements lately.

Tatoeba: Chinese by trieuho · English by garborg · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

近(jìn)来(lái)进(jìn)入(rù)三(sān)伏(fú)天(tiān)了(le)。

Lately, we've entered the dog days of summer.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by Nast · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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