近来

近來

jìnlái

adverb HSK 5 #6,442

Meanings

近来天气变化很大。

Jìnlái tiānqì biànhuà hěn dà.

The weather has changed a lot recently.

你近来身体怎么样？

Nǐ jìnlái shēntǐ zěnmeyàng?

How has your health been recently?

近来他一直很忙。

Jìnlái tā yīzhí hěn máng.

He's been very busy lately.

usage

近来 (recently, slightly formal) vs 最近 (zuìjìn, recently, everyday usage). 最近 is far more common in spoken Chinese; 近来 appears more in writing.

grammar

近来 is usually placed at the beginning of a sentence or before the subject: 近来工作很忙 or 我近来很忙.

近 jìn

来 lái