| 近 | jìn | near; close to; approximately |
| 近代 | jìn dài | modern times |
| 近似 | jìn sì | similar; about the same as; approximately; approximation |
| 近来 | jìn lái | recently; lately |
| 近年来 | jìn nián lái | for the past few years |
| 近日 | jìn rì | in the past few days; recently; in the last few days |
| 近乎 | jìn hu | close to; intimate |
| 近海 | jìn hǎi | coastal waters; offshore |
| 近亲 | jìn qīn | close relative; near relation |
| 近郊 | jìn jiāo | suburbs; outskirts |
| 近人 | jìn rén | contemporary; modern person; close friend; associate; intimate |
| 近视 | jìn shì | shortsighted; nearsighted; myopia |
| 近邻 | jìn lín | close neighbor |
| 近东 | Jìn Dōng | Near East |
| 近地点 | jìn dì diǎn | apsis; perigee |
| 近前 | jìn qián | to come close; to get near to; front |
| 近年 | jìn nián | recent year(s) |
| 近期 | jìn qī | near in time; in the near future; very soon; recent |
| 近乎同步 | jìn hū tóng bù | plesiochronous |
| 近乎同步数位阶层 | jìn hū tóng bù shù wèi jiē céng | plesiochronous digital hierarchy; PDH |
| 近代史 | jìn dài shǐ | modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century) |
| 近似等级 | jìn sì děng jí | order of approximation |
| 近似解 | jìn sì jiě | approximate solution |
| 近古 | jìn gǔ | near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times) |
| 近在咫尺 | jìn zài zhǐ chǐ | to be almost within reach; to be close at hand |
| 近墨者黑 | jìn mò zhě hēi | proximity to pitch makes you black (idiom, from Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修); different environments provide different influence.; Nurture determines a person's character. |
| 近几年 | jìn jǐ nián | in recent years |
| 近打 | Jìn dǎ | Kinta valley and river in Perak, Malaysia |
| 近打河 | Jìn dǎ hé | Kinta river in Perak, Malaysia |
| 近日点 | jìn rì diǎn | perihelion, the nearest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun; lower apsis |
近朱者赤，
近墨者黑 | jìn zhū zhě chì ,
jìn mò zhě hēi | proximity to cinnabar makes you red, to pitch makes you black (idiom, from Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修); different environments provide different influence.; Nurture determines a person's character. |
| 近朱近墨 | jìn zhū jìn mò | one is judged by the company one keeps (idiom) |
| 近水楼台 | jìn shuǐ lóu tái | lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor |
| 近况 | jìn kuàng | recent developments; current situation |
| 近照 | jìn zhào | recent photo |
| 近现代史 | jìn xiàn dài shǐ | modern history and contemporary history |
| 近畿地方 | Jìn jī dì fāng | Kinki chihō, region of Japan around the old capital Kyōto, including Kyōto prefecture 京都府, Ōsaka prefecture 大阪府, Shiga prefecture 滋贺县, Nara prefecture 奈良县, Mi'e prefecture 三重县, Wakayama prefecture 和歌山县, Hyōgo prefecture 兵库县 |
| 近端胞浆 | jìn duān bāo jiāng | proximal cytoplasm |
| 近义词 | jìn yì cí | synonym; close equivalent expression |
| 近臣 | jìn chén | member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle (old) |
| 近处 | jìn chù | nearby |
| 近卫文麿 | Jìn wèi Wén mǒ | Prince KONOE Fumimaro (1891-), Japanese nobleman and militarist politician, prime minister 1937-1939 and 1940-1941 |
| 近亲交配 | jìn qīn jiāo pèi | inbreeding |
| 近亲繁殖 | jìn qīn fán zhí | inbreeding |
| 近距离 | jìn jù lí | close range |
| 近路 | jìn lù | shortcut |
| 近道 | jìn dào | shortcut; a quicker method |
| 近郊区 | jìn jiāo qū | suburbs; city outskirts |
| 近零 | jìn líng | to approach zero (in calculus) |
| 近顷 | jìn qǐng | recently; of late |
