近似

Chinese

		near; close (to); approximately	to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble
trad. (近似)		近	似
simp. #(近似)		近	似

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnsì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan⁶ ci⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kǔn-sǐr / kūn-sū / kīn-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnsì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnsìh
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: jìn-sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnsyh
    • Palladius: цзиньсы (czinʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan⁶ ci⁵
    • Yale: gahn chíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan⁶ tsi⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen⁶ qi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn²² t͡sʰiː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǔn-sǐr
    • Tâi-lô: kǔn-sǐr
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kun²² sɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kūn-sū
    • Tâi-lô: kūn-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuxnsu
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kun²²⁻²¹ su²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kīn-sū
    • Tâi-lô: kīn-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kixnsu
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin²²⁻²¹ su²²/

Verb

近似

1. to be similar to; to be about the same as; to approximate

Synonyms

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• 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
• 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 接近 (jiējìn)
• 相仿 (xiāngfǎng)
• 相似 (xiāngsì)
• 相像 (xiāngxiàng)
• 相若 (xiāngruò)
• 相近 (xiāngjìn)
• 相類 / 相类 (xiānglèi)
• 逼肖 (bīxiào) (literary, to bear a close resemblance to)
• 隨 / 随 (suí) (Northern Mandarin, of a parent in appearance or disposition)
• 雷同 (léitóng)
• 類似 / 类似 (lèisì)
• 類同 / 类同 (lèitóng)

Derived terms

• 近似值 (jìnsìzhí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
近	似
きん Grade: 2	じ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きんじ [kìńjí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) きんじ [kíꜜǹjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun

近(きん)似(じ) • (kinji) 

1. approximation

Verb

近(きん)似(じ)する • (kinji suru) intransitive suru (stem 近(きん)似(じ)し (kinji shi), past 近(きん)似(じ)した (kinji shita))

1. to resemble closely
   • 1915, 和辻哲郎, 「ゼエレン・キェルケゴオル」序:

     私(わたし)は自分(じぶん)の問題(もんだい)と彼(かれ)の問題(もんだい)とがきわめて近似(きんじ)していることを感(かん)じた。

     Watashi wa jibun no mondai to kare no mondai to ga kiwamete kinji shite iru koto o kanjita.

     I felt that my problem resembled his problem extremely closely.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "近似する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	近似し	きんじし	kinji shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	近似し	きんじし	kinji shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	近似する	きんじする	kinji suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	近似する	きんじする	kinji suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	近似すれ	きんじすれ	kinji sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	近似せよ¹ 近似しろ²	きんじせよ¹ きんじしろ²	kinji seyo¹ kinji shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	近似される	きんじされる	kinji sareru
Causative	近似させる 近似さす	きんじさせる きんじさす	kinji saseru kinji sasu
Potential	近似できる	きんじできる	kinji dekiru
Volitional	近似しよう	きんじしよう	kinji shiyō
Negative	近似しない	きんじしない	kinji shinai
Negative continuative	近似せず	きんじせず	kinji sezu
Formal	近似します	きんじします	kinji shimasu
Perfective	近似した	きんじした	kinji shita
Conjunctive	近似して	きんじして	kinji shite
Hypothetical conditional	近似すれば	きんじすれば	kinji sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
近	似

Noun

近似 • (geunsa) (hangeul 근사)

1. hanja form^? of 근사