HSK 2 · Common Verbs

进 jìn “to enter” in Chinese

Traditional 進

What 进 means

  1. to enter
  2. to go forward
  3. to advance
  4. to go in
  5. to put in
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to submit

How to say 进

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale进jìn4th tone, falling

进 in a sentence

  1. 进教室的时候请把帽子摘了。

    Jìn jiàoshì de shíhou qǐng bǎ màozi zhāi le.

    Please take off your hat when you enter the classroom.

    Sentence #2032308 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 进商店的人是我妹妹。

    Jìn shāngdiàn de rén shì wǒ mèimei.

    The person going into the shop is my younger sister.

    Sentence #1441759 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你想进来吗？

    Nǐ xiǎng jìnlai ma?

    Do you want to come in?

    Sentence #2394592 from Tatoeba

How 进 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 进 (jìn) with each of its parts in a different colour
进jìnto go forward
  • 井well · jǐngSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 井 (jǐng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìn.

How to write 进

进 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

进 (jìn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 进 (jìn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 进

Words with 进

进来jìnlái · to come in进去jìnqù · to go in进行jìnxíng · to advance进入jìnrù · to enter促进cùjìn · to promote (an idea or cause)改进gǎijìn · to improve进步jìnbù · progress进口jìnkǒu · to import进攻jìngōng · to attack上进shàngjìn · eager to improve

More words: Common Verbs

帮助bāngzhù · to help介绍jièshào · to introduce等děng · to wait玩wán · to play出chū · to go out给gěi · to give让ràng · to let笑xiào · to laugh

FAQs

进 (jìn) means “to enter” or “to go forward”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it jìn: jìn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 进 is written 進. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 进 from the suggestions. Typing jin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
进 is an HSK 2 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.