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程

chéng

HSK 4 Character

What 程 means

1. rule
2. order
3. regulations
4. formula
5. journey
6. procedure
7. sequence

Other readings

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

• Chéngsurname Cheng

Example sentences

• 叫计程车。
  Call a taxi.
• 她是程序员。
  She is a computer programmer.
• 他是程序员。
  He's a programmer.
• 你不明白流程。
  Nǐ bù míngbai liúchéng.
  You don't understand the procedure.
• 往返还是单程？
  Wǎngfǎn háishi dānchéng?
  Round trip or one-way?
• 我会载你一程。
  I'll give you a ride.

Words starting with 程

• 程度chéng dùdegree; level; extent
• 程序chéng xùprocedures; sequence; order
• 程序员chéng xù yuánprogrammer
• 程式chéng shìform; pattern; formula
• 程序设计chéng xù shè jìcomputer programming
• 程咬金Chéng Yǎo jīnCheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知节
• 程砚秋Chéng Yàn qiūCheng Yanqiu (1904-1958), famous Beijing opera star, second only to 梅兰芳
• 程子chéng zi(Beijing dialect) see 阵子
• 程式员chéng shì yuán(Taiwan) programmer
• 程式语言chéng shì yǔ yánprogramming language (Tw)
• 程不识Chéng Bù shíCheng Bushi, Han dynasty general
• 程序性chéng xù xìngprogram
• 程序法chéng xù fǎprocedural law
• 程控chéng kòngprogrammed; under automatic control
• 程控电话chéng kòng diàn huàautomatic telephone exchange
• 程式师chéng shì shī(Taiwan) programmer
• 程序码chéng xù mǎsource code (computing)
• 程式码chéng shì mǎsource code (computing) (Tw)
• 程控交换机chéng kòng jiāo huàn jīelectronic switching system (telecom.); stored program control exchange (SPC)
• 程序库chéng xù kùprogram library (computing)
• 程门立雪Chéng mén lì xuělit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom); fig. deep reverence for one's master
• 程海湖Chéng hǎi HúChenghai Lake in Lijiang 丽江市, Hunan
• 程序猿chéng xù yuán(net slang) code monkey
• 程颐Chéng YíCheng Yi (1033-1107), Song neo-Confucian scholar

Words containing 程

• 过程guò chéngcourse of events; process
• 工程gōng chéngengineering; an engineering project; project
• 课程kè chéngcourse; academic program
• 工程师gōng chéng shīengineer
• 日程rì chéngschedule; itinerary
• 专程zhuān chéngspecifically; specially (for that purpose)
• 章程zhāng chéngrules; regulations; constitution
• 启程qǐ chéngto set out on a journey
• 里程碑lǐ chéng bēimilestone
• 锦绣前程jǐn xiù qián chéngbright future; bright prospects
• 行程xíng chéngjourney; travel route; itinerary; distance of travel; course (of history)
• 进程jìn chéngcourse of events; process; (computing) process (a running instance of a program)
• 历程lì chéngcourse; process
• 教程jiào chéngcourse of study (commonly used in book titles)
• 路程lù chéngroute; path traveled; distance traveled
• 流程liú chéngcourse; stream; sequence of processes
• 全程quán chéngthe whole distance; from beginning to end
• 旅程lǚ chéngjourney; trip
• 编程biān chéng(computing) to program; programming
• 远程yuǎn chéngremote; long distance; long range
• 前程qián chéngfuture (career etc) prospects
• 车程chē chéngtravel time; expected time for a car journey
• 里程lǐ chéngmileage (distance traveled); course (of development)
• 计程车jì chéng chē(Taiwan) taxi; cab

Characters built on 呈

These share the phonetic component 呈 (chéng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 逞chěngto show off; to flaunt; to carry out or succeed in a scheme
• 锃zèngpolished; shiny
• 埕chéngearthen jar
• 裎chéngto take off one's clothes; naked
• 酲chéng(literary) inebriated; hungover

Characters that look like 程

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

• 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood); inner essence
• 雅yǎelegant
• 稍shāosomewhat; a little
• 猴hóumonkey
• 猖chāngferocious
• 堀kūcave; hole

Sounds the same

Read chéng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 成to succeed; to finish; to complete
• 城city walls; city; town
• 诚(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
• 承to bear; to carry; to hold
• 乘to ride; to mount; to make use of
• 惩to punish; to reprimand; to warn
• 呈to present to a superior; memorial; petition
• 澄clear; limpid; to clarify
• 橙orange tree; orange (color)
• 丞deputy
• 盛to hold; to contain; to ladle
• 宬(literary) archive room; library…