几乎 (jī hū) — almost; nearly | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Almost / nearly — works in front of any verb or quantity (几乎都, 几乎没人). Use 快要 for 'about to do something imminent' and 差不多 for 'roughly the same amount'.

adverb

almostnearly

Examples

几乎。
Wǒ jī hū měi tiān dōu chí dào.
I'm almost late every day.
几乎。
Jīn tiān jī hū méi rén lái shàng kè.
Almost no one came to class today.
几乎。
Zuò yè jī hū dōu xiě wán le.
The homework is almost all finished.

Origin

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

几jǐnearly

乎hū

几 carries the sense of nearly, and together with 乎 it forms the adverb meaning almost.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 幾; 几 is its simplified writing.

𢆶𢆶𢆶silk threads; little things
戍戍shùto guard against

The traditional form 幾 puts 𢆶 (silk threads; little things) and 戍 (to guard against) together to show watching over the fine details; the simplified 几 is a later abbreviation.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.