HSK 3.0 Level 4 · Action

进入 jìnrù “to enter” in Chinese

Traditional 進入

What 进入 means

  1. to enter
  2. to go into

How to say 进入

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale入rù4th tone, falling

进入 in a sentence

  1. 他进入了我的房间。

    Tā jìnrù le wǒ de fángjiān.

    He came into my room.

    Sentence #2357613 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 学生不准进入这个房间。

    Xuésheng bù zhǔn jìnrù zhè ge fángjiān.

    Students aren’t allowed to enter this room.

    Sentence #772380 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我们已经准备好进入下一步了。

    Wǒmen yǐjīng zhǔnbèi hǎo jìnrù xià yí bù le.

    We’re ready to move on to the next step.

    Sentence #13795594 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 进入 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 入 (rù) drawn as one shape
入rùto enter; to go into

入 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 进入

进 7 strokes · 入 2 strokes

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

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

Words related to 进入

Words with 进

进jìn · to enter进来jìnlái · to come in进去jìnqù · to go in进行jìnxíng · to advance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

Words with 入

入rù · to enter入口rùkǒu · entrance收入shōurù · income加入jiārù · to join投入tóurù · to put in输入shūrù · to input陷入xiànrù · to fall into

More words: Action & Change Verbs

做到zuòdào · to accomplish带来dàilái · to bring (about)变成biànchéng · to turn into服务fúwù · to serve生shēng · to be born算suàn · to calculate改gǎi · to change成chéng · to become

FAQs

进入 (jìnrù) means “to enter” or “to go into”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
Say it jìnrù: jìn with a 4th tone, then rù 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, 进入 is written 進入. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jinru with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 进入 from the suggestions. Typing jinru into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
进入 is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 3 word list. It is not on the older 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.