进 (jìn) means Advance (enter - bring in - submit). Below are 24 of the 149 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
老师 进 教室的时候，大家都笑了。
Lǎoshī jìn jiàoshì de shíhou, dàjiā dōu xiào le.
When the teacher came into the classroom, everyone laughed.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 进
进 屋请脱鞋。
Jìn wū qǐng tuō xié.
Please take off your shoes when you come in.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 脱
请先敲门再 进 来。
Qǐng xiān qiāo mén zài jìnlái.
Please knock before coming in.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 敲
阳光照 进 了房间。
Yángguāng zhào jìn le fángjiān.
Sunlight shone into the room.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 阳光
他一直有上 进 心。
Tā yìzhí yǒu shàngjìn xīn.
He has always had the drive to improve.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 上进
学习要循序渐 进 。
Xuéxí yào xún xù jiàn jìn.
Learning should proceed step by step.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 循序渐进
老师让大家 进 教室。
Lǎoshī ràng dàjiā jìn jiàoshì.
The teacher asked everyone to come into the classroom.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 让
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From the graded readers
我跑 进 电梯，看见了我的经理。
wǒ pǎo jìn diàntī, kànjiànle wǒ de(possessive) jīnglǐ.
I ran into the lift and saw my manager.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
到了她家门口，她一定要请我 进 去喝茶。
dàole tā jiā ménkǒu, tā yīdìngyào qǐng wǒ jìnqù hē / hè chá.
At her door she insisted I come in for tea.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
他说：“多少人想 进 这样的公司都 进 不去。”
tā shuō:" duōshao rén xiǎng jìn zhèyàng de / dì gōngsī dōu jìn bù qù."
He said, "Plenty of people would give anything to get into a company like that."
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
我把衣服放 进 箱子里，把书放在另外一个箱子里。
wǒ bǎ yīfu fàngjìn xiāngzi lǐ, bǎ shū fàng zài lìngwài yīgè xiāngzi lǐ.
I put the clothes in boxes and the books in another box.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
From the travel phrasebook
我拉你 进 群。
Wǒ lā nǐ jìn qún.
I'll add you to the group.
Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch
From the grammar library
他走 进 房间来。
Tā zǒu jìn fángjiān lái.
He walked into the room.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Directional complements — 上来, 下去, 出来
进 appears in 149 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 进
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 进
How is 进 used in a sentence?
This page shows 149 sentences using 进 (jìn, "Advance (enter - bring in - submit)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 进 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 进 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 进 an HSK word?
Yes — 进 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 进?
The dictionary page for 进 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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