几乎 jī hū
“almost; nearly; practically”
adverbHSK 3 · 2021 list level 4Traditional 幾乎
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
几乎 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 687: 几乎 jīhū — Level 3; official annotation 3 (副). PDF page 97
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 几乎
几乎 means 'almost' or 'nearly'. It is an adverb placed before a verb, adjective, or quantity phrase to show that something is very close to a point but not exactly. Common patterns are 几乎每天, 几乎都, and 几乎 + verb phrase.
例句Example sentences
- 他几乎每天都跑步。tā jī hū měi tiān dōu pǎo bù.He runs almost every day.
- 我几乎忘了他的电话。wǒ jī hū wàng le tā de diàn huà.I almost forgot his phone number.
常见错误Common mistakes
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✗几乎他每天都来。
✓他几乎每天都来。
With a pronoun subject, 几乎 normally comes after the subject, not before it.
相关词语Related words
- 几 jǐ