近日

jìnrì

adverb HSK 6 #27,783

Meanings

1 recently; in the past few days
2 in the coming days; soon

Characters

near; close; recent

Near days — in recent days.

Examples

近日天气变化很大。

Jìnrì tiānqì biànhuà hěn dà.

The weather has changed a lot recently.

近日，一则新闻引起了广泛关注。

Jìnrì, yī zé xīnwén yǐnqǐ le guǎngfàn guānzhù.

Recently, a piece of news attracted widespread attention.

新规定将于近日公布。

Xīn guīdìng jiāng yú jìnrì gōngbù.

The new regulations will be announced in the coming days.

Tips

usage

近日 is formal/written Chinese, commonly seen in news articles. In everyday speech, use 最近 (zuìjìn) instead. 近日 can mean both 'recently' (past) and 'soon' (future), depending on context.

Stroke Order

近 jìn

日 rì