Difference between revisions of "Expressing "nearly" with "jihu""
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Revision as of 07:20, 14 June 2013
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Keywords
几乎 means 'nearly', 'almost' or 'practically', and is used to emphasize that someone or something 'almost' meets a certain standard or is close to doing something.
Structure
Subject + 几乎 + Adjective/Verb/[Verb phrase]
Examples
- 这 个 运动员 的 表现 几乎 完美，但是 分数 很 低。The athlete's performance was almost perfect, but his rank was still low.
- 他的头发几乎白了 。His hair is almost white.
- 你 看 她 几乎 要 哭 了，别 问 了。She's about to cry, don't ask her.
- 如果 你 不 提醒 我，我 几乎 忘 了。If you didn't remind me, I almost forgot about it.
- 他几乎有一百辆车。He has almost one hundred cars.
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- Chinese Grammar - Broken down into 100 items - Basic and Intermediate Levels (汉语语法百项讲练 - 初中级) (pp. 134-6)→buy
