How to Say ‘Lately’ in Traditional Chinese
最近
💬 Usage Tip: A combination of [最] (most) and [近] (recent/near) to refer to recent times.
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Frequent starter in conversations asking about recent happenings: '最近怎麼樣?' (How have you been lately?)
Word-by-Word Breakdown
最近
[zuì jìn]
recently
Refers to a period of time shortly before the current moment.
最近我一直在忙工作。
I've been busy with work recently.
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