粵

新san1近gan6

san1 gan6xīn jìn

English

  1. newly
  2. (new and) recent

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 近來嘅;出現或者發生冇耐嘅

Examples

  • 他新近皈依的天主教徒。

    He is a recent convert to Catholicism.

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  • 佢係我新近請返嚟嘅助理。

    She's the assistant I recently recruited.

  • 呢啲都係佢比較新近嘅影片。

    All these are his recent videos.

  • 8月11號「山之日」係日本新近嘅公眾假期。

    Mountain Day on 11th August is a public holiday designated recently in Japan.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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