Korean Word Entry

最近
Hangul:최근
Revised Romanization:choegeun
Definitions:
  1. the latest, the most recent

  2. (rare) a close distance


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Chinese characters used in this word

utmost, most, extreme, extremely, exceedingly
Readings
Mandarin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ (zuì), ㄘㄨㄛ (cuō)
Cantonese: zeoi3
Japanese: サイ (sai)、 シュ (shu) / もっと.も (mottomo)、 つま (tsuma)、 も (mo)
Korean: 최 (choe)
Vietnamese: tối
Variants
Semantic variant form:

near, early, akin, tantamount, close, approach, intimate
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ (jìn)
Cantonese: gan6, kan5
Japanese: キン (kin)、 コン (kon) / ちか.い (chikai)
Korean: 근 (geun)
Vietnamese: cận, cấn, ký