已近

yǐ jìn zǐ yè yī diǎn shí wǔ fēn

已近子夜一点十五分。

It was close to 1:15 a.m.

tā suī yǐ jìn bā shí gāo líng dàn réng chōng mǎn huó lì

他虽已近八十高龄，但仍充满活力。

He may be eighty, but he is still lively.