几乎

几乎 jīhū in a sentence

Almost (nearly)

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 17 sentences

几乎 (jīhū) means Almost (nearly). Below are 17 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他 几乎 每天都来。

Tā jīhū měi tiān dōu lái.

He comes almost every day.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 几乎

这些题我 几乎 都会做。

Zhèxiē tí wǒ jīhū dōu huì zuò.

I can do almost all of these questions.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 几乎

沙漠里 几乎 没有水。

Shāmò lǐ jīhū méiyǒu shuǐ.

There is almost no water in the desert.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 沙漠

悬崖 几乎 是垂直的。

Xuányá jīhū shì chuízhí de.

The cliff is almost vertical.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 垂直

这台机器 几乎 没有噪音。

Zhè tái jīqì jīhū méiyǒu zàoyīn.

This machine is almost silent.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 噪音

他备考期间 几乎 废寝忘食。

Tā bèikǎo qījiān jīhū fèiqǐnwàngshí.

While preparing for the exam he barely slept or ate.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 废寝忘食

这对双胞胎长得 几乎 一样。

Zhè duì shuāngbāotāi zhǎng de jīhū yíyàng.

These twins look almost identical.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 双胞胎

他做这份工作 几乎 没有报酬。

Tā zuò zhè fèn gōngzuò jīhū méiyǒu bàochou.

He does this work for almost no pay.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 报酬

这个纪录 几乎 是空前绝后的。

Zhège jìlù jīhū shì kōngqiánjuéhòu de.

This record is very nearly unmatched before or since.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 空前绝后

现在 几乎 没有人用磁带听歌了。

Xiànzài jīhū méiyǒu rén yòng cídài tīng gē le.

Almost nobody listens to music on cassette any more.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 磁带

连续加班一个月,他 几乎 崩溃了。

Liánxù jiābān yí ge yuè, tā jīhū bēngkuì le.

After a month of continuous overtime he nearly broke down.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 崩溃

餐厅里很嘈杂,我们 几乎 听不见对方说话。

Cāntīng lǐ hěn cáozá, wǒmen jīhū tīng bu jiàn duìfāng shuōhuà.

The restaurant was so noisy we could barely hear each other.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嘈杂

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From the graded readers

街上 几乎 没有人。

jiēshàng jīhū méiyǒu rén.

There was almost nobody about.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost

下车的时候,我 几乎 认不出那个地方。

xià chē de / dì shíhou, wǒ jīhū rèn bùchū nèigè dìfang.

Getting off the coach, I could hardly recognise the place.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home

现在 几乎 没有人写信了,所以我很吃惊。

xiànzài jīhū méiyǒu rén xiěxìn le / liǎo / liào, suǒyǐ wǒ hěn chījīng.

Almost nobody writes letters now, so I was surprised.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother

那半年,我 几乎 每天都加班到晚上十点以后。

nà / nèi bàn nián, wǒ jīhū měitiān dōu jiābān dào wǎnshang shí diǎn yǐhòu.

For those six months I worked past ten almost every night.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure

最难的是第一年,我 几乎 每个月都在担心钱的问题。

zuì nán de / dì shì dìyī nián, wǒ jīhū měi gè yuè dōu zài dānxīn qián de / dì wèntí.

The first year was the hardest — I worried about money almost every month.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs

Questions about 几乎

How is 几乎 used in a sentence?

This page shows 17 sentences using 几乎 (jīhū, "Almost (nearly)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 几乎 an HSK word?

Yes — 几乎 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 几乎?

The dictionary page for 几乎 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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