Expressing "nearly" with "jihu"

几乎 means 'nearly', 'almost' or 'practically', and is used to emphasize that A almost meets a certain standard, quantity or is close to doing something.

Structure

Subject + 几乎 + Verb/Adjective/Number

Examples

• 这 个 运动员 的 表现 几乎 完美，但是 分数 很 低。
• 你 看 她 几乎 要 哭 了，别 问 了。
• 如果 你 不 提醒 我，我 几乎 忘 了。
• 他几乎有一百辆车。

See also

• Expressing "almost" using "chadian"

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.134-136)[http://www.amazon.cn/gp/product/B004WA6JSQ/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-