Chinese symbol for “nearby”
附近
fù jìn
nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nearby is 附近 (fù jìn), defined as: nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “nearby”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 就近 | jiù jìn | nearby; in a close neighborhood |
| 左近 | zuǒ jìn | nearby |
| 近处 (近處) | jìn chù | nearby |
| 左右 | zuǒ yòu | left and right; nearby |
| 守 | shǒu | to guard; to defend |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 附近.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 附属 (附屬) | fù shǔ | subsidiary; auxiliary |
| 附加 | fù jiā | additional; annex |
| 附带 (附帶) | fù dài | supplementary; incidentally |
| 附件 | fù jiàn | appendix (in a document); enclosure (accompanying a document) |
| 依附 | yī fù | to adhere; to attach oneself to |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently; soon |
| 接近 | jiē jìn | to approach; to get close to |
| 近期 | jìn qī | near in time; in the near future |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nearby”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.