HSK 5 · Money

进口 jìnkǒu “to import” in Chinese

Traditional 進口

What 进口 means

  1. to import
  2. imported
  3. entrance
  4. inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)

How to say 进口

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale进jìn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale口kǒu3rd tone, dipping

进口 in a sentence

  1. 我们从阿根廷进口了肉类。

    Wǒmen cóng Āgēntíng jìnkǒu le ròulèi.

    We imported meat from Argentina.

    Sentence #5911755 from Tatoeba

  2. 进口车占了不到百分之八。

    Jìnkǒu chē zhàn le búdào bǎifēnzhī bā.

    Imported cars make up less than eight per cent.

    Sentence #459990 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 日本的石油依靠进口。

    Rìběn de shíyóu yīkào jìnkǒu.

    Japan relies on imports for its oil.

    Sentence #343364 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 进口 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.

The character 口 (kǒu) with each of its parts in a different colour
口kǒumouth
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidDrawn from an open mouth.

How to write 进口

进 7 strokes · 口 3 strokes

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

Words related to 进口

Words with 进

进jìn · to enter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进攻jìngōng · to attack上进shàngjìn · eager to improve

Words with 口

门口ménkǒu · doorway口kǒu · mouth路口lùkǒu · intersection入口rùkǒu · entrance口味kǒuwèi · taste胃口wèikǒu · appetite借口jièkǒu · to use as an excuse出口chūkǒu · exit人口rénkǒu · population可口kěkǒu · tasty

More words: Money & Economy

股票gǔpiào · shares黄金huángjīn · gold汇率huìlǜ · exchange rate经商jīngshāng · to be in business利润lìrùn · profits利息lìxī · interest (on a loan)贸易màoyì · (commercial) trade名牌míngpái · famous brand

FAQs

进口 (jìnkǒu) means “to import” or “imported”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jìnkǒu: jìn with a 4th tone, then kǒu with a 3rd 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, 进口 is written 進口. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jinkou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 进口 from the suggestions. Typing jinkou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
进口 is an HSK 5 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.