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
进步
jìnbù
progress
Characters in this word
步 bù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 止 — to stop, to halt
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他进步很快。 Tā jìnbù hěn kuài. He makes progress very quickly.
- 中文有进步。 Zhōngwén yǒu jìnbù. There is progress in Chinese.
- 你进步了。 Nǐ jìnbù le. You have made progress.
Related words
- 进 jìn to enter, to go in
- 进来 jìnlái to come in
- 进去 jìnqù to go in
- 请进 qǐngjìn 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