近人

jìnrén
  1. contemporary
  2. modern person
  3. close friend
  4. associate
  5. intimate

CEDICT

  1. person close to oneself; person whom one is on intimate terms with
  2. person of the near-modern times; person from a time that is not distant from the present

Wiktionary

  1. 泛指当代人。
  2. 和自己较亲近的人。
  3. 靠近别人。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 近 jìn
  1. near
  2. close to
  3. approximately
2 人 rén person; people

classifiers: 個, 位

Containing this entry

不近人情 bùjìnrénqíng (idiom) not amenable to reason; unreasonable
平易近人 píngyìjìnrén
  1. amiable and approachable (idiom); easygoing
  2. modest and unassuming
  3. (of writing) plain and simple
  4. easy to understand
不近人情 bùjìn-rénqíng

Related entries

同时代 tóngshídài contemporary
同时期 tóngshíqī
  1. at the same time
  2. contemporary
今 jīn
  1. now
  2. the present time
  3. current
  4. contemporary
  5. this (day, year etc)
今门天怎么能么朦。

Smog was very heavy today.

Source: Tatoeba

好友 hǎoyǒu
  1. close friend
  2. pal
  3. (social networking website) friend

classifier: 個

我獲得了好友的幫助。

I was aided by a dear friend.

Source: Tatoeba

密友 mìyǒu close friend
她的密友很少。

She has very few close friends.

Source: Tatoeba

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