比 bì to associate with / to be near syn 后面 後面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 近 jìn near / close to / approximately syn 靠近 kào jìn to be close to / to approach / to draw near syn 即 jí namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near syn 临时 臨時 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc syn 挨着 挨著 āi zhe near syn 后边 後邊 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 近期 jìn qī near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent syn 走近 zǒu jìn to approach / to draw near to syn 逼近 bī jìn to press on towards / to close in on / to approach / to draw near syn 近亲 近親 jìn qīn close relative / near relation 邻近 鄰近 lín jìn neighboring / adjacent / near / vicinity syn 四面八方 sì miàn bā fāng in all directions / all around / far and near syn 凡尔赛 凡爾賽 fán ěr sài Versailles (near Paris) / (slang) to humblebrag / ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful 波茨坦 bō cí tǎn Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany 在即 zài jí near at hand / imminent / within sight syn 咫尺 zhǐ chǐ (literary) very close / very near syn 八九不离十 八九不離十 bā jiǔ bù lí shí pretty close / very near / about right syn 沿线 沿線 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line 远近 遠近 yuǎn jìn far and near / distance syn 比邻 比鄰 bǐ lín (literary) next-door neighbor / near / next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2] syn 近水楼台 近水樓臺 jìn shuǐ lóu tái lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom) / fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor syn 近东 近東 jìn dōng Near East 近前 jìn qián to come close / to get near to / front 遐迩 遐邇 xiá ěr near and far / far and wide 幽州 yōu zhōu Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning / Fanyang 範陽|范阳 ancient city near modern Beijing 阳明山 陽明山 yáng míng shān Mt Yangming in Hunan / Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei 碧螺春 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu 大亚湾 大亞灣 dà yà wān Daya Bay, located on the coast of Guangdong, near Shenzhen and Hong Kong 秦始皇陵 qín shǐ huáng líng the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山[Li2 shan1] near Xi'an (awaits excavation) 终南山 終南山 zhōng nán shān Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an / also known as the Taiyi Mountains 骊山 驪山 lí shān Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor 天台山 tiān tāi shān Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[Shao4 xing1] in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗[Tian1 tai2 zong1] 终南 終南 zhōng nán Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an 近义词 近義詞 jìn yì cí near-synonym 傍边 傍邊 bàng biān near / beside 河姆渡 hé mǔ dù Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC 淮海战役 淮海戰役 huái hǎi zhàn yì Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war 悬空寺 懸空寺 xuán kōng sì Xuankong Temple or Suspended Temple near Yanyuan in Shanxi 切近 qiè jìn close / near / similar to syn 潮洲 cháo zhōu Chaozhou or Teochew, a town near Guangdong, with famous cuisine / Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3 nan2 yu3] spoken in east Guangdong 靠 kào to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) syn 紧 緊 jǐn tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten syn 薄 bó meager / slight / weak / ungenerous or unkind / frivolous / to despise / to belittle / to look down on / to approach or near syn 傍 bāng near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. pang2, bang1, bang4 syn 傍 bàng near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4] syn 庞贝 龐貝 páng bèi Pompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy 拢 攏 lǒng to gather together / to collect / to approach / to draw near to / to add / to sum up / to comb (hair) syn 苏美尔 蘇美爾 sū měi ěr Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East 高纬度 高緯度 gāo wěi dù high latitude (i.e. near the poles) 濒 瀕 bīn to approach / to border on / near syn 色拉寺 sè lā sì Sera monastery near Lhasa, Tibet 迩 邇 ěr recently / near / close 遒 qiú strong / vigorous / robust / to draw near / to come to an end 汔 qì near 徒有虚名 徒有虛名 tú yǒu xū míng with an undeserved reputation (idiom) / unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be syn 雪岳山 雪嶽山 xuě yuè shān Seoraksan, mountain near Sokcho, South Korea 楼兰 樓蘭 lóu lán Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊[Luo2 bu4 po1] 天台 tiān tāi Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗 / Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang 遐迩一体 遐邇一體 xiá ěr yī tǐ both near and distant treated alike (idiom) 侧锋 側鋒 cè fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at an oblique angle, so that the tip of the brush runs near the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] and 偏鋒|偏锋[pian1feng1]) 希斯罗机场 希斯羅機場 xī sī luó jī chǎng Heathrow Airport (international airport near London) 平津战役 平津戰役 píng jīn zhàn yì Pingjin Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War 刈羽 yì yǔ Kariba or Kariwa, Japanese name / Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟 半坡村 bàn pō cūn archaeological site near Xi'an 吉兰丹州 吉蘭丹州 jí lán dān zhōu Kelantan sultanate of Malaysia, near Thai border, capital Kota Baharu 哥打巴魯|哥打巴鲁[Ge1 da3 ba1 lu3] 吉兰丹河 吉蘭丹河 jí lán dān hé Kelantan River of Malaysia, near Thai border 喀什噶尔 喀什噶爾 kā shí gá ěr Kashgar or Qeshqer (Chinese Kashi) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan 喀什市 kā shí shì Qeshqer Shehiri (Kashgar city) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan 埃夫伯里 āi fū bó lǐ Avebury (stone circle near Stonehenge) 官渡之战 官渡之戰 guān dù zhī zhàn Battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 許昌|许昌[Xu3 chang1] in north Henan) 尼雅 ní yǎ Niya, ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BC-4th century AD 巴里坤草原 bā lǐ kūn cǎo yuán Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang 徒有其名 tú yǒu qí míng with an undeserved reputation (idiom) / unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be 挨边 挨邊 āi biān to keep close to the edge / near the mark / close to (the true figure) / relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant) 柏崎刈羽 bǎi qí yì yǔ Kashiwasaki Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟 荣成湾 榮成灣 róng chéng wān Roncheng bay near Weihai 威海市 on north coast of Shandong 死到临头 死到臨頭 sǐ dào lín tóu Death is near at hand. (idiom) 河姆渡遗址 河姆渡遺址 hé mǔ dù yí zhǐ Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo 長江|长江 in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC 法隆寺 fǎ lōng sì Hōryūji, complex of Buddhist temples near Nara 奈良, Japan, dating back to the Asuka period 飛鳥時代|飞鸟时代 (c. 600) 疏勒国 疏勒國 shū lè guó Shule, oasis state in central Asia (near modern Kashgar) at different historical periods 眼梢 yǎn shāo corner of eye near temple 秦始皇帝陵 qín shǐ huáng dì líng the mausoleum of the First Emperor near Xi'an 秦陵 qín líng the tomb of the First Emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山[Li2 shan1] near Xi'an (awaits excavation) 贝利卡登 貝利卡登 bèi lì kǎ dēng Ballycotton (Irish: Baile Choitín), village near Cork / Ballycotton, music band 近古 jìn gǔ near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times) 遐迩皆知 遐邇皆知 xiá ěr jiē zhī well-known far and near (idiom) 远门近枝 遠門近枝 yuǎn mén jìn zhī near and distant relatives 阿图什 阿圖什 ā tú shí Atush or Artux city and county in Qizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[Ke4 zi1 le4 su1 Ke1 er3 ke4 zi1 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] / Atushi city near Kashgar in Xinjiang 阿图什市 阿圖什市 ā tú shí shì Atush or Artux city in Qizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[Ke4 zi1 le4 su1 Ke1 er3 ke4 zi1 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] / Atushi city near Kashgar in Xinjiang 阿金库尔 阿金庫爾 ā jīn kù ěr Agincourt (near Arras in north France, scene of a battle in 1415) 近地天体 近地天體 jìn dì tiān tǐ near-Earth object (NEO) 埃加迪群岛 埃加迪群島 āi jiā dí qún dǎo Aegadian Islands near Sicily, Italy 中东和近东区域畜牧业和家畜卫生项目 Middle and Near East Regional Animal Production and Health Project 近东农业改革和农村发展区域中心 Regional Centre on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development for the Near East 近地物体 near-Earth object 近东区域 jìn dōng qū yù Near East Region 