进 jìn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 井 well, mine shaft, pit
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
进来
jìnlái
to come in
Characters in this word
来 lái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 未 not yet 丷 horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 你可以进来。 Nǐ kěyǐ jìnlái. You can come in.
- 请进来坐。 Qǐng jìnlái zuò. Please come in and sit down.
- 他进来了。 Tā jìnlái le. He came in.
- 他从门口进来。 Tā cóng ménkǒu jìnlái. He comes in through the doorway.
- 小王没进来。 Xiǎo Wáng méi jìnlái. Xiao Wang didn't come in.
- 朋友也进来吗？ Péngyou yě jìnlái ma? Will your friend come in too?
- 她拿着书进来。 Tā názhe shū jìnlái. She comes in holding a book.
- 请别进来。 Qǐng bié jìnlái. Please don't come in.
- 老师请进来。 Lǎoshī qǐng jìnlái. Teacher, please come in.
- 妈妈进来了吗？ Māma jìnlái le ma? Did Mom come in?
Related words
- 进 jìn to enter, to go in
- 进去 jìnqù to go in
- 请进 qǐng jìn please come in
- 进入 jìnrù to enter
- 进行 jìnxíng to be in progress; to carry out
- 走进 zǒujìn to walk into
- 改进 gǎijìn to improve
- 进步 jìnbù progress
- 进一步 jìnyíbù further; one step further
- 进展 jìnzhǎn progress; development
- 前进 qiánjìn to move forward
- 推进 tuījìn to advance; to push forward