[jìn]
[形]
（空间或时间距离短） near; close
the history of the last hundred years
近百年史
in recent years
近几年来
The singing came closer and closer.
歌声由远而近。
Come closer.
靠近些。
National Day is drawing near.; It'll soon be National Day.
离国庆日很近了。
His lectures always proceed from the close to the distant and from the elementary to the profound.
他讲课总是由近及远， 由浅入深。
（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.
观众近万人。
It was close upon midnight.
时近午夜。
（亲近； 关系密切） intimate; closely related
The two families are on intimate terms.
两家关系挺近。
[书] （浅近； 浅显） easy to understand
simple and easy to understand
浅近
simple in language but profound in meaning
言近旨远
[名]
（姓氏） a surname
Jin Gongi
近公义