最近 (zuìjìn) means Recent. Below are 23 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
她 最近 在减肥。
Tā zuìjìn zài jiǎnféi.
She has been trying to lose weight lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 减肥
最近 菜价涨了。
Zuìjìn cài jià zhǎng le.
Vegetable prices have gone up recently.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 涨
他 最近 常常失眠。
Tā zuìjìn chángcháng shīmián.
He often cannot sleep lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 失眠
他 最近 胖了一点儿。
Tā zuìjìn pàng le yìdiǎnr.
He has put on a little weight recently.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 胖
他 最近 有很多烦恼。
Tā zuìjìn yǒu hěn duō fánnǎo.
He has a lot of worries lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 烦恼
他 最近 有点儿骄傲。
Tā zuìjìn yǒudiǎnr jiāo'ào.
He has been a bit arrogant lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 骄傲
他 最近 出差很频繁。
Tā zuìjìn chūchāi hěn pínfán.
He has been travelling on business very frequently lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 频繁
他家的生意 最近 很好。
Tā jiā de shēngyi zuìjìn hěn hǎo.
His family's business has been doing well lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 生意
我 最近 在看一本小说。
Wǒ zuìjìn zài kàn yì běn xiǎoshuō.
I have been reading a novel lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 小说
他 最近 工作压力很大。
Tā zuìjìn gōngzuò yālì hěn dà.
He is under a lot of pressure at work lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 压力
这是 最近 的热门话题。
Zhè shì zuìjìn de rèmén huàtí.
This is a hot topic at the moment.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 话题
他 最近 神经有点紧张。
Tā zuìjìn shénjīng yǒudiǎn jǐnzhāng.
His nerves have been a little on edge lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 神经
他 最近 显得有些忧郁。
Tā zuìjìn xiǎnde yǒuxiē yōuyù.
He has seemed rather melancholy lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 忧郁
他很努力，尤其是 最近 。
Tā hěn nǔlì, yóuqí shì zuìjìn.
He works hard, particularly lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 尤其
他觉得自己 最近 很倒霉。
Tā juéde zìjǐ zuìjìn hěn dǎoméi.
He feels he has been unlucky lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 倒霉
他 最近 在追一部电视剧。
Tā zuìjìn zài zhuī yí bù diànshìjù.
He is following a TV series at the moment.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 追
他的情绪 最近 起伏很大。
Tā de qíngxù zuìjìn qǐfú hěn dà.
His moods have swung a great deal lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 起伏
最近 他的工作增加了不少。
Zuìjìn tā de gōngzuò zēngjiā le bù shǎo.
His workload has grown quite a lot recently.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 增加
他 最近 尽量少吃油腻的东西。
Tā zuìjìn jǐnliàng shǎo chī yóunì de dōngxi.
He has been trying to eat less greasy food lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 油腻
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From the travel phrasebook
最近 的医院在哪儿？
Zuì jìn de yīyuàn zài nǎr?
Where is the nearest hospital?
Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies
Questions about 最近
How is 最近 used in a sentence?
This page shows 23 sentences using 最近 (zuìjìn, "Recent"), 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 最近 an HSK word?
Yes — 最近 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 最近?
The dictionary page for 最近 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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