jìn

to enter; to go in; to go forward

Character data

Radical ⾡ (162.8)
Strokes 11
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

進 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

Words containing 進

Word Meaning
to get oneself promoted to a higher rank
stepping-stone to greater power or higher rank
to advance; to march
a sense of propriety; to advance or retreat
can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver
follow rules in action, advance or retreat
in an impossible situation
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss
act with proper advance and retreat
stuck; in a difficult dilemma
to have no alternative (idiom)
in an impossible situation
free to come and go (idiom); to have room to maneuver
to advance on sth; to press closely (on some goal)
progress on the Dao seems to shrink back
true progress may look like going back
to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject
inbound customs (international trade)
advanced
income; receipts; earnings
to eat; to take a meal
to have a meal
to burn incense at a temple
(fig.) to establish a presence in; to enter and garrison
gradual progress; to go forward one stage at a time