| 近期 | jìn qī | near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent |   |
| 晚近 | wǎn jìn | most recent in the past / recent / late / recently | |
| 业绩 | yè jì | achievement / accomplishment / (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc) / results | |
| 一向 | yī xiàng | a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time | |
| 近几年 | jìn jǐ nián | in recent years | |
| 最后更新 | zuì hòu gēng xīn | latest update / most recent update | |
| 近年 | jìn nián | recent year(s) | |
| 近代 | jìn dài | the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) | |
| 应届毕业生 | yīng jiè bì yè shēng | student graduating in the current year / recent graduate | |
| 近况 | jìn kuàng | recent developments / current situation | |
| 最近几年 | zuì jìn jǐ nián | the last few years / last several years / recent years | |
| 钱庄 | qián zhuāng | old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal | |
| 全国代表大会 | quán guó dài biǎo dà huì | national general congress / Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years | |
| 近照 | jìn zhào | recent photo | |
| 马王堆 | Mǎ Wáng duī | Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site | |
| 第四纪 | dì sì jì | fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years) | |
| 都会传奇 | dū huì chuán qí | urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都市傳奇|都市传奇 | |
| 敬悉 | jìng xī | (honorific) revered news / the most valuable information (in your recent letter, book etc) / Thank you for your letter. | |
| 更新世 | Gēng xīn shì | Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages) | |
| 都市传奇 | dū shì chuán qí | urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都會傳奇|都会传奇 | |
| 最近联合国主要会议所涉统计问题专家组 | | Expert Group on the Statistical Implications of Recent Major United Nations Conferences | |
| 比年 | bǐ nián | (literary) every year / year after year / (literary) in recent years / Taiwan pr. [bi4 nian2] | |
| 前一向 | qián yī xiàng | lately / in the recent past | |
| 美帝 | Měi dì | (in early CCP propaganda) United States (as an imperialist nation) / (in more recent times) a neutral, colloquial term for the United States | |
