jìn

to enter; to go in; to go forward

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 81st character
Radical ⾡ (162.4)
Strokes 7
Index # 605
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

进 jìn
  1. 1. to enter
  2. 2. to go in
  3. 3. to go forward
  4. 4. to advance
  5. 5. to submit
  6. 6. to put in
  7. 7. to admit
  8. 8. to take in
  9. 9. classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
  10. 10. (math.) base of a number system

Stroke order

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Words containing 进

Word Meaning
to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc); to get flooded
water intake; inlet sluice
to offer as tribute
income; (literary) improvement; progress
to carry out a transaction
progressive; gradual
to have sex; to have sexual intercourse
progressive aphasia; gradual loss of speech
executable program
to communicate; to carry out communications
to take a tonic (for one's health)
raid; to carry out a raid; to invade
Jinxian county in Nanchang nán chāng, Jiangxi
Jinxian county in Nanchang nán chāng, Jiangxi
way of proceeding; approach (to a task etc)
to get oneself promoted to a higher rank
stepping-stone to greater power or higher rank
can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver
act with proper measure; follow due rules
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss
act with proper advance and retreat; be measured
in a dilemma; hard to move forward or back
to have no alternative (idiom)
free to come and go (idiom); to have room to maneuver
to advance on sth; to press closely (on some goal)