近来

近來
jìnlái
adverb HSK 5 #6,442

Meanings

  1. 1 recently; lately
  2. 2 in the recent period

Examples

Jìnlái tiānqì biànhuà hěn dà.
The weather has changed a lot recently.
Nǐ jìnlái shēntǐ zěnmeyàng?
How has your health been recently?
Jìnlái tā yīzhí hěn máng.
He's been very busy lately.

Tips

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 or 近来.

Stroke Order

jìn
lái