Chinese grammar: "Nearly" with 几乎"jihu"

几乎 means ‘nearly’, ‘almost’ or ‘practically’, and is used to emphasize that someone or something ‘almost’ meets a certain standard or is close to doing something in Chinese grammar.

Structure
subject+几乎+Adjective/verb/[verb phrase]

Examples

Tā jīhū yǒu yì bǎi liànɡ chē.
他几乎有一百辆车。
He has almost one hundred cars.

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