How to Say ‘Recently’ in Simplified Chinese
最近
zuì jìn
[dzway-jin]
💬 Usage Tip: [最近] can mean both "recently" and "lately," and it often goes near the start of the sentence before what you're commenting on: [最近很忙] = "I've been busy lately."
Phrase Breakdown
最近
zuì jìn
[dzway-jin]
recently; lately
A time word used to ask or talk about the near past or current period.
最近家里事情多，和岳父岳母联系也更频繁了。
Recently there have been many family matters, and we've been in contact with my parents-in-law more often too.
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