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晋

jìn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 晉

What 晋 means

1. to move forward
2. to promote
3. to advance

Other readings

晋 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Jìnsurname Jin; the Jin Dynasties (265–420); Western Jin {西晋|Xī Jìn} (265–316), Eastern Jin {

Example sentences

• 她晋升了。
  Tā jìnshēng le.
  She was promoted.
• 他晋升为大佐。
  Tā jìnshēng wèi dà zuǒ.
  He advanced to colonel.
• 这场四分之一决赛的胜者将晋级半决赛。
  The winner of this quarter-final match will advance to the semi-final stage.
• 在一颗棋子上放置另一颗相同颜色的棋子，可以表示这颗棋子晋升为王。
  The promotion of a piece to a king is indicated by setting on it another piece of the same color.
• 我和我别的同事做同样的事情，但是得到了能在很短时间内得到晋升的承诺。
  Wǒ hé wǒ biéde tóngshì zuò tóngyàng de shìqing, dànshì dédào le néng zài hěn duǎnshíjiān nèi dédào jìnshēng de chéngnuò.
  My colleague and I do the same job, but she was promised a promotion very soon.

Words starting with 晋

• 晋升jìn shēngto promote to a higher position
• 晋级jìn jíto advance in rank; promotion; advancement
• 晋察冀Jìn Chá JìShanxi 山西
• 晋代Jìn dàiJin Dynasty (265-420)
• 晋书Jìn shūHistory of the Jin Dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史
• 晋朝Jìn cháoJin Dynasty (265-420)
• 晋爵jìn juéto join the nobility; to rise through the nobility
• 晋县Jìn xiànJin county in Hebei
• 晋见jìn jiànto have an audience with
• 晋中市Jìn zhōng ShìJinzhong, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省
• 晋城市Jìn chéng ShìJincheng, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省
• 晋安区Jìn ān QūJin'an, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市
• 晋宁区Jìn níng QūJinning, a district of Kunming City 昆明市
• 晋州市Jìn zhōu ShìJinzhou, a county-level city in Shijiazhuang City 石家庄市
• 晋惠帝Jìn Huì dìEmperor Hui of Jin (259-307), personal name 司马衷
• 晋文公Jìn Wén gōngDuke Wen of Jin (697-628 BC, reigned 636-628 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
• 晋江市Jìn jiāng ShìJinjiang, a county-level city in Quanzhou City 泉州市
• 晋源区Jìn yuán QūJinyuan, a district of Taiyuan City 太原市
• 晋铎jìn duó(Catholicism) to be ordained as a priest
• 晋江Jìn jiāngsee 晋江市
• 晋中Jìn zhōngsee 晋中市
• 晋城Jìn chéngsee 晋城市
• 晋安Jìn ānsee 晋安区
• 晋宁Jìn níngsee 晋宁区

Words containing 晋

• 魏晋Wèi JìnWei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties
• 东晋Dōng JìnEastern Jin dynasty 317-420
• 古晋Gǔ jìnKuching (city in Malaysia)
• 后晋Hòu JìnLater Jin of the Five Dynasties (936-946)
• 新晋xīn jìn(of a role or status) newly appointed; newly become; newly minted
• 福晋fú jìnin Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife
• 西晋Xī JìnWestern Jin dynasty (265-316)
• 宁晋县Níng jìn XiànNingjin, a county in Xingtai City 邢台市
• 加官晋爵jiā guān jìn juéto confer a title an official position
• 加官晋级jiā guān jìn jíto receive a promotion; to rise in rank
• 梁唐晋汉周书Liáng Táng Jìn Hàn Zhōu shūanother name for History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 旧五代史
• 魏晋南北朝Wèi Jìn Nán Běi CháoWei, Jin and North-South dynasties; generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han…
• 阮晋勇Ruǎn Jìn yǒngNguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949-), prime minister of Vietnam 2006-2016
• 安倍晋三Ān bèi Jìn sānAbe Shinzo (1954-2022), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2006-2007 and from…
• 宁晋Níng jìnsee 宁晋县

Characters that look like 晋

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 资zīresources; capital; to provide
• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee
• 骨gǔbone
• 曹cáoclass or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old)
• 胥xūall; assist; to store
• 贲bēnenergetic

Sounds the same

Read jìn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 进to go forward; to advance; to go in
• 近near; close to; approximately
• 尽to use up; to exhaust; to end
• 禁to prohibit; to forbid
• 劲strength; energy; enthusiasm
• 浸to immerse; to soak; to steep
• 靳martingale; stingy
• 妗wife of mother's brother
• 烬(bound form) cinders; ashes
• 觐(history) to have an audience with the Emperor
• 噤unable to speak; silent
• 缙red silk