📘 Lernkarte #2763 — 最近 (zuìjìn)
#2763 PINYIN
🔤 Basic Data
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Hanzi: 最近
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Pinyin: zuìjìn
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IPA: [tsweî̯ t͡ɕîn]
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Tone: 🟣 4 + 🟣 4
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Meaning: recently; lately; near (in time)
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Semantic class: adverb / time expression
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HSK: 2
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Frequency: extremely high (daily speech & writing)
⭐ Core Meaning
EN:
最近 (zuìjìn) means recently / lately, referring to a time close to now.
It does not usually mean physical “near” (that’s 近).
DE:
最近 (zuìjìn) bedeutet in letzter Zeit / kürzlich — zeitlich nahe an der Gegenwart.
最 = most
近 = near
➡️ 最近 = the nearest time to now
🔗 Common Collocations
| Hanzi | Pinyin | English | Deutsch |
|---|---|---|---|
| 最近怎么样 | zuìjìn zěnmeyàng | how have you been lately | wie geht’s in letzter Zeit |
| 最近几天 | zuìjìn jǐ tiān | the past few days | in den letzten Tagen |
| 最近一次 | zuìjìn yí cì | the most recent time | das letzte Mal |
| 最近很忙 | zuìjìn hěn máng | busy lately | in letzter Zeit sehr beschäftigt |
| 最近发现 | zuìjìn fāxiàn | recently discovered | kürzlich festgestellt |
🇬🇧 ENGLISH — Full Explanation (with Pinyin)
最近 (zuìjìn) is a very common time adverb meaning recently / lately.
Typical usage
daily conversation
你最近忙吗？
Nǐ zuìjìn máng ma?
Have you been busy recently?
recent changes
我最近开始学中文。
Wǒ zuìjìn kāishǐ xué Zhōngwén.
I recently started learning Chinese.
reports / summaries
最近天气变冷了。
Zuìjìn tiānqì biàn lěng le.
Recently, the weather has gotten colder.
⚠️ Usage notes (EN)
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refers to time, not distance
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can cover days, weeks, sometimes months (context)
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very common sentence opener
🇩🇪 DEUTSCH — Erklärung (mit Pinyin)
最近 (zuìjìn) ist eine sehr häufige Zeitangabe für „in letzter Zeit / kürzlich“.
Typische Verwendung
Alltag
最近你在做什么？
Zuìjìn nǐ zài zuò shénme?
Was machst du in letzter Zeit?
Veränderungen
他最近身体不太好。
Tā zuìjìn shēntǐ bú tài hǎo.
In letzter Zeit geht es ihm gesundheitlich nicht so gut.
⚠️ Hinweis (DE)
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zeitlich, nicht räumlich
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oft am Satzanfang
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sehr typisch in Small Talk
🌟 COMPARISON — 最近 vs similar words
| Meaning | Pinyin | Hanzi | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| recently | zuìjìn | 最近 | near in time |
| near (space) | jìn | 近 | physical distance |
| lately (ongoing) | zuìjìn | 最近 | same word |
| before | yǐqián | 以前 | past |
| now | xiànzài | 现在 | present |
01｜Syllable Analysis — zuì · jìn
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zuì — IPA [tsweî̯] — Tone 4 — most
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jìn — IPA [t͡ɕîn] — Tone 4 — near
Tone pattern: 4 → 4
→ strong focus on time proximity
02｜Mnemonics — 最近
| Category | EN | DE |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning link | nearest time | zeitlich am nächsten |
| Tone link | firm → firm | klarer Zeitfokus |
| Visual | calendar near today | Kalender nahe heute |
| Memory tip | “most near (time)” | „am nächsten (zeitlich)“ |
03｜Didactic Summary — 最近
| Focus | EN | DE |
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| Meaning | recently | in letzter Zeit |
| Usage | time reference | Zeitangabe |
| Tone | 4 + 4 | 4. + 4. Ton |
| Register | neutral | neutral |
| Frequency | extremely high | extrem hoch |