How to Say ‘Lately’ in Simplified Chinese
最近
zuì jìn
[zui jin]
💬 Usage Tip: [最近] often goes near the start of the sentence to set the time frame: [你最近怎么样？] 'How have you been lately?' You can reuse it the same way in [我最近很忙] or [最近天气不错].
Phrase Breakdown
最近
zuì jìn
[zui jin]
recently
Refers to the time closely before now.
最近你过得怎么样？
How have you been recently?
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