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几乎 (jī hū): Almost (Adverb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 2.0Level 3

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2.

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3.

Character Breakdown

几 • jī • how much/many? [expecting a small number] • HSK 2.0 L1

HSK 1

jī几

how much/many? [expecting a small number]

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Pinyinjī hū

Meaningalmost

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乎 • hū • an interrogative particle or exclamation in classical Chinese

hū乎

an interrogative particle or exclamation in classical Chinese

HSK 3 Words

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一般yī bānordinary
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 几乎.

Words with 几

寥寥无几liáo liáo wú jǐvery few / scarce
几万jǐ wàntens of thousands
几个jǐ gehow many
几亿

jǐ yì

several hundred million

几何jǐ hégeometry; how much (literary)

几十jǐ shítens of; dozens of

几千jǐ qiānseveral thousand

几号jǐ hàowhat date

Words with 乎

似乎sì hūit seems; as if; it looks like
在乎zài hucare about; mind; take to heart
合乎hé hūAccord with / be in accordance with
胖乎乎pàng hū hūchubby
不亦乐乎bú yì lè hūIsn't it joyful? / Isn't it delightful?
关乎guān hūconcern; relate to
出乎chū hūto go beyond (expectations)
热乎rè huwarm, hot (colloquial)

4.

How to Use 几乎 in Sentences

Adverb + Adjectivewith一样

jī几

hū乎

yī一

yàng样

neutral

almost the same

Adverb + Modal Verbwith不可能

jī几

hū乎

bù不

kě可

néng能

Adverb + Noun Phrasewith所有人

jī几

hū乎

suǒ所

yǒu有

rén人

Adverb + Verbwith完成

jī几

hū乎

wán完

chéng成

5.

Example Sentences with 几乎

wǒ我

jī几

hū乎

měi每

tiān天

dōu都

neutral

almost impossible

neutral

almost everyone

neutral

almost finished

chī吃

píng苹

guǒ果

。

I eat apples almost every day.

nǐ你

jī几

hū乎

wàng忘

le了

wǒ我

men们

yuē约

hǎo好

jīn今

tiān天

jiàn见

miàn面

，

duì对

ma吗

？

You almost forgot that we agreed to meet today, right?

zhè这

ge个

chéng城

shì市

jī几

hū乎

suǒ所

yǒu有

rén人

dōu都

xǐ喜

huan欢

zhè这

ge个

gōng公

yuán园

。

Almost everyone in this city likes this park.

yóu由

yú于

shí时

jiān间

tài太

jǐn紧

，

wǒ我

jī几

hū乎

méi没

shí时

jiān间

zhǔn准

bèi备

zhè这

cì次

yǎn演

jiǎng讲

。

Due to the tight schedule, I almost had no time to prepare for this speech.

tā他

jī几

hū乎

pǎo跑

biàn遍

le了

quán全

chéng城

，

cái才

zhǎo找

dào到

nà那

běn本

jué绝

bǎn版

de的

shū书

。

He almost ran all over the city before he found that out-of-print book.