将近

zhè ge guó jiā yǒu jiāng jìn wǔ qiān nián jì zǎi de lì shǐ

这个国家有将近五千年记载的历史。

This country has nearly 5,000 years of recorded history.

wǒ men jiāng jìn liǎng nián wèi jiàn le

我们将近两年未见了。

It's been nearly two years since we saw each other.

tā duì tā dān liàn yǐ jīng jiāng jìn wǔ nián le

她对他单恋已经将近五年了。

She has been carrying a torch for him for almost five years.

wǒ guó yǒu jiāng jìn sì qiān nián de yǒu wén zì kě kǎo de lì shǐ

我国有将近四千年的有文字可考的历史。

Our country has nearly 4,000 years of recorded history.

jiāng jìn bàn nián

将近半年

almost half a year

jiāng jìn wán gōng

将近完工

almost completed

jiāng jìn èr shí gōng lǐ

将近二十公里

nearly twenty kilometres