HSK 6 · Ideas

进展 jìnzhǎn “progress” in Chinese

Traditional 進展

What 进展 means

  1. progress
  2. to make progress
  3. to make headway

How to say 进展

  • 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展zhǎn3rd tone, dipping

进展 in a sentence

  1. 你的项目进展得怎么样？

    Nǐ de xiàngmù jìnzhǎn de zěnmeyàng?

    How’s your project going?

    Sentence #8792027 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 一切进展顺利。

    Yíqiè jìnzhǎn shùnlì.

    Everything is going smoothly.

    Sentence #10752767 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我们讨论了三个小时，但却一点进展也没有。

    Wǒmen tǎolùn le sān ge xiǎoshí, dàn què yìdiǎn jìnzhǎn yě méiyǒu.

    We talked for three hours but made no progress at all.

    Sentence #557266 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 进展 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 展 (zhǎn) drawn as one shape
展zhǎnto spread out

展 is a single shape of 10 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 进展

进 7 strokes · 展 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 进展

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进口jìnkǒu · to import进攻jìngōng · to attack

Words with 展

发展fāzhǎn · development展开zhǎnkāi · to unfold展览zhǎnlǎn · to put on display开展kāizhǎn · to launch施展shīzhǎn · to make full use of展示zhǎnshì · to display展现zhǎnxiàn · to show展望zhǎnwàng · outlook

More words: Ideas & Concepts

界限jièxiàn · boundary精华jīnghuá · essence境界jìngjiè · realm锦上添花jǐnshàngtiānhuā · to make something even better技巧jìqiǎo · skill极限jíxiàn · limit迹象jìxiàng · sign机遇jīyù · opportunity

FAQs

进展 (jìnzhǎn) means “progress” or “to make progress”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jìnzhǎn: jìn with a 4th tone, then zhǎn 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, 进展 is written 進展. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jinzhan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 进展 from the suggestions. Typing jinzhan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
进展 is an HSK 6 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.