Expressing "nearly" with "jihu"
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几乎 (jīhū) 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.
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几乎 before the Subject
Structure
几乎 + 所有 (的) Noun + 都 +Verb / Adj.
几乎 + 每 + MW + Noun + 都 +Verb / Adj.
几乎 + 没有 noun + Verb / Adj.
Examples
- 几乎 所有人 都 有 手机。Almost everyone has a cell phone.
- 在 我们 公司,几乎 每 个 人 都 会 说 英文。In our company, almost everyone can speak English.
- 在 中国,几乎 所有 的 老外 都 会 说 “你好”。In China, almost all of the foreigners can say "hello" in Chinese.
- 几乎 没有 人 相信 他 说 的 话 。Almost nobody believes what he said.
- 除了 我,几乎 没有 人 知道 这 件 事。Except for me, almost nobody knows about this thing.
几乎 before the Predicate
Structure
Subj. + 几乎 (+ 都)+Verb / Adj.
Examples
- 爸爸 的 头发 几乎 都 白 了 。Dad's hair is almost all white.
- 我们 家 人 几乎 都 不 喝酒。 Almost all our family doesn't drink.
- 我 几乎 忘 了 所有 的 生词。I almost forgot almost all of the vocabulary words.
- 为了 在 上海 买 房子, 他们 几乎 花 了 所有 的 钱。In order to buy a house in Shanghai, they spent almost all the money.
- 上 大学 以后, 我 几乎 没 花 过 父母 的 钱。After college, I barely spent any of my parent's money.
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
- Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (p. 241) →buy
- New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4) (p. 40) →buy