进
Meaning
- to go forward
- to advance
- to go in
Example sentence
得寸进尺。
Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.
The character 进
进 has 辶, the walking radical, so it is motion inwards: 进来, 进去, 进入, 走进. Going in becomes going forward — 进步 progress, 改进 to improve, 进行 to carry on with something.
Words containing 进
- 进来 jìn lái to come in
- 进去 jìn qù to go in
- 请进 qǐng jìn "please come in"
- 进入 jìn rù to enter
- 进行 jìn xíng (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway
- 走进 zǒu jìn to enter; to step into
- 改进 gǎi jìn to improve; to make better
- 进步 jìn bù progress; improvement
- 进一步 jìn yī bù to go a step further
- 进展 jìn zhǎn to make headway; to make progress
- 前进 qián jìn to go forward
- 推进 tuī jìn to impel
- 先进 xiān jìn sophisticated; advanced (technology etc)
- 促进 cù jìn to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost
- 进口 jìn kǒu to import