HSK 5 · Work

项目 xiàngmù “item” in Chinese

Traditional 項目

What 项目 means

  1. item
  2. project
  3. (sports) event

How to say 项目

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale项xiàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale目mù4th tone, falling

项目 in a sentence

  1. 公司放弃了那个项目。

    Gōngsī fàngqì le nà ge xiàngmù.

    The company abandoned that project.

    Sentence #336462 from Tatoeba

  2. 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

  3. 你愿意加入这个项目吗？

    Nǐ yuànyì jiārù zhè ge xiàngmù ma?

    Would you like to join this project?

    Sentence #2390191 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 项目 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 项 (xiàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
项xiàngback of neck
  • 工work · gōngSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 工 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiàng.

The character 目 (mù) with each of its parts in a different colour
目mùeye
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 二two · èr

Memory aidDrawn from an eye, turned upright: eye.

How to write 项目

项 9 strokes · 目 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 项目

Words with 项

项xiàng · item项链xiàngliàn · necklace事项shìxiàng · matter

Words with 目

节目jiémù · programme目的mùdì · purpose目前mùqián · at the present time目录mùlù · catalogue题目tímù · subject目标mùbiāo · target目光mùguāng · gaze目睹mùdǔ · to witness盲目mángmù · blind科目kēmù · (school) subject

More words: Work & Career

实习shíxí · to do an internship收据shōujù · receipt退休tuìxiū · to retire (from the workforce)文件wénjiàn · document销售xiāoshòu · to sell行业hángyè · trade业务yèwù · business营业yíngyè · to do business

FAQs

项目 (xiàngmù) means “item” or “project”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xiàngmù: xiàng with a 4th tone, then mù 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, 项目 is written 項目. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiangmu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 项目 from the suggestions. Typing xiangmu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
项目 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.