HSK 2 · Past & present

最近

zuì jìn

recently

Stroke order of 最近

2 characters, 19 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

最 · 12 strokes 近 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

Take '取' the most '最' recent days, the ones walking '辶' nearest you '近'.

Parts: 最 most (曰 + 取 take) + 近 near (辶 walk + 斤 axe)

The characters in 最近

最 zuì — most (12 strokes)
近 jìn — near (7 strokes)

Example sentence

你最近身体怎么样？

How's your health recently?

Words with 最

最most 最好best; had better 最后finally; last

Words with 近

近near 近期near future; recently 将近nearly; almost 接近to approach; close to 附近nearby

More words: Past & present

当时at that time 那时at that time 那时候at that time 那会儿at that time 这时at this time 这时候at this moment 后来afterwards; later 以后after; later 以前before; formerly 今后from now on 过去the past; to go over 原来originally; so it turns out 已经already 早就long ago; already

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