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进程

jìn chéng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 進程

进程 (jìn chéng) means "course of events; process". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 进程 means

1. course of events; process
2. computingprocess (a running instance of a program)

The characters in 进程

• 进jìnto go forward; to advance; to go in
• 程chéngrule; order; regulations

Example sentences

• 这个进程必须立即停止，否则服务器会故障。
  Zhège jìnchéng bìxū lìjí tíngzhǐ, fǒuzé fúwùqì huì gùzhàng.
  This process must be stopped immediately, otherwise the server will break down.
• 这个进程一旦开始，我们能在一小时内得到结果。
  Zhège jìnchéng yīdàn kāishǐ, wǒmen néng zài yī xiǎoshí nèi dédào jiéguǒ.
  Once this process is started, we can get the result within one hour.

Words containing 进程

• 时间进程shí jiān jìn chéngtime course
• 后台进程hòu tái jìn chéngbackground process (computing)

Sounds the same

Read jìn chéng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 进城to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work)
• 晋城see 晋城市

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