HSK 6 · Adjectives

上进 shàngjìn “eager to improve” in Chinese

Traditional 上進

What 上进 means

  1. eager to improve
  2. motivated
  3. to make progress
  4. to do better
  5. fig. ambitious to improve oneself
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to move forwards

How to say 上进

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale上shàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale进jìn4th tone, falling

上进 in a sentence

  1. 他虽然很有才能，但却不肯努力上进。

    Tā suīrán hěn yǒu cáinéng, dàn què bù kěn nǔlì shàngjìn.

    Although he’s very talented, he won’t make the effort to better himself.

    Sentence #692048 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 上进 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 上 (shàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
上shàngup; upper; above; previous
  • ⺊divination form of 卜 · bǔ
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA short stroke above the line: up, on top.

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 上进

上 3 strokes · 进 7 strokes

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

Words related to 上进

Words with 上

上shàng · up上午shàngwǔ · morning (forenoon)上课shàngkè · to go to class上学shàngxué · to go to school早上zǎoshang · morning晚上wǎnshang · evening上班shàngbān · to go to work上面shàngmiàn · above路上lùshang · on the road上来shànglái · to come up

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

More words: Adjectives

人为rénwéi · man-made任性rènxìng · wilful融洽róngqià · harmonious柔和róuhé · soft擅自shànzì · without permission奢侈shēchǐ · luxurious深奥shēn'ào · profound深沉shēnchén · deep

FAQs

上进 (shàngjìn) means “eager to improve” or “motivated”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shàngjìn: shàng with a 4th tone, then 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, 上进 is written 上進. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shangjin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 上进 from the suggestions. Typing shangjin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
上进 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.