将近

将近一百人参加

jiāngjìn yībǎi rén cānjiā

Nearly one hundred people participated

已经将近中午了

yǐjīng jiāngjìn zhōngwǔ le

It's already nearly noon

等了将近两个小时

děng le jiāngjìn liǎng gè xiǎoshí

I waited almost two hours