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進
简 进 · 繁 進Mandarin · pinyin jìn
Meanings
- to go forward
- to advance
- to go in
- to enter
- to put in
- to submit
- to take in
- to admit
- (math.) base of a number system
- classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
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4 · jin4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 進. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to advance; to move forward
- to enter; to go into; to come into
- (used after a verb) into; in
- to receive; to admit; to recruit
- to give; to offer (advice)
- to score (a goal)
- to eat; to drink
- Classifier for rows of houses within an old-style residential compound.
- 20th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "advance" (𝌙)
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