近來

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See also: 近来

Chinese

		near; close (to); approximately	to come
trad. (近來)		近	來
simp. (近来)		近	来

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìnlái

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gan⁶ loi⁴ / gan⁶ loi^4-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gin⁵ loi^3*
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kūn-lâi / kǔn-lâi / kīn-lâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìnlái
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìnlái
  - Wade–Giles: chin⁴-lai²
  - Yale: jìn-lái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnlai
  - Palladius: цзиньлай (czinʹlaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    近來／近来
    進來／进来
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gan⁶ loi⁴ / gan⁶ loi^4-2
  - Yale: gahn lòih / gahn lói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gan⁶ loi⁴ / gan⁶ loi^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: gen⁶ loi⁴ / gen⁶ loi^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn²² lɔːi̯²¹/, /kɐn²² lɔːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gin⁵ loi^3*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kin³² lᵘɔi²²⁻²²⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kūn-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: kūn-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuxnlaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kun²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kun³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǔn-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: kǔn-lâi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kun²² lai²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kīn-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: kīn-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kixnlaai
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin³³⁻²¹ lai²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin²²⁻²¹ lai¹³/

Adverb

近來

recently; lately
- 近來無奈牡丹何，數十千錢買一顆。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  近来无奈牡丹何，数十千钱买一颗。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 8th century, 柳渾, 牡丹
  Jìnlái wúnài mǔdān hé, shù shíqiān qián mǎi yī kē.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 不瞞老爺說，近來咱們地方上響馬甚多，凡過往的客人，須要遲行早住。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  不瞒老爷说，近来咱们地方上响马甚多，凡过往的客人，须要迟行早住。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
  Bù mán lǎoyé shuō, jìnlái zánmen dìfāng shàng xiǎngmǎ shèn duō, fán guòwǎng de kèrén, xū yào chí xíng zǎo zhù.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1902, James Dyer Ball, How to Speak Cantonese, second edition, Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh, pages 112–113:
  
  近來中國打發欽差過外國。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  近来中国打发钦差过外国。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  gan⁶ loi^4-2 zung¹ gwok³ daa² faat³ jam¹ caai¹ gwo³ ngoi⁶ gwok³.
  The Chinese have also lately sent ambassadors to foreign countries.

Synonyms

一向 (yīxiàng)
最近 (zuìjìn)
只兩幫／只两帮 (cī-lâng-bōng) (Eastern Min)
只幫／只帮 (cī-bōng) (Eastern Min)
呢排 (Cantonese)
新近 (xīnjìn)
日來／日来 (rìlái) (literary)
比來／比来 (bǐlái) (literary)
比年 (bǐnián) (literary)
比歲／比岁 (bǐsuì) (literary)
近排 (gan⁶ paai^4-2) (Cantonese)
這擺／这摆 (Hokkien)
這擺仔／这摆仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這斗 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這番仔／这番仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這程／这程 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這站／这站 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這站仔／这站仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這過／这过 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這過仔／这过仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這陣／这阵 (zhèzhèn) (colloquial)
邇來／迩来 (ěrlái) (literary)

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