近来

近來

jìnlái

adverb HSK 6 #6,442

Meanings

HSK 2

你近来身体怎么样？

Nǐ jìnlái shēntǐ zěnmeyàng?

How has your health been recently?

HSK 3

近来他一直很忙。

Jìnlái tā yìzhí hěn máng.

He's been very busy lately.

HSK 6

近来天气变化频繁，很多人都感冒了。

Jìnlái tiānqì biànhuà pínfán, hěnduō rén dōu gǎnmào le.

Lately the weather has been changing frequently, and many people have caught colds.

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