Chinese symbol for “nearly”
几乎
jī hū
Traditional: 幾乎
almost; nearly; practically
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nearly is 几乎 (jī hū), defined as: almost; nearly; practically.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “nearly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 差不多 | chà bu duō | almost; nearly |
| 差点 (差點) | chà diǎn | almost; nearly |
| 将近 (將近) | jiāng jìn | almost; nearly |
| 垂 | chuí | to hang (down); droop |
| 险些 (險些) | xiǎn xiē | narrowly; almost |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 几乎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 几个 (幾個) | jǐ ge | a few; several |
| 几天 (幾天) | jǐ tiān | several days |
| 几年 (幾年) | jǐ nián | a few years; several years; how many years? |
| 几次 (幾次) | jǐ cì | several times |
| 几点 (幾點) | jǐ diǎn | what time?; when? |
| 似乎 | sì hū | it seems; seemingly; as if |
| 不在乎 | bù zài hu | not to care |
| 在乎 | zài hu | to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (often used in the negative) to care about |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nearly”.
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.