Chinese symbol for “income”
进项
jìn xiang
Traditional: 進項
income; receipts; earnings; revenue
The closest CC-CEDICT match for income is 进项 (jìn xiang), defined as: income; receipts; earnings; revenue.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “income”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 收入 | shōu rù | to take in; income |
| 进益 (進益) | jìn yì | income; (literary) improvement |
| 入息 | rù xī | income (Hong Kong) |
| 营收 (營收) | yíng shōu | sales; income |
| 来项 (來項) | lái xiang | income |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 进项.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 进行 (進行) | jìn xíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 进入 (進入) | jìn rù | to enter; to go into |
| 进一步 (進一步) | jìn yī bù | to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further |
| 促进 (促進) | cù jìn | to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost |
| 先进 (先進) | xiān jìn | sophisticated; advanced (technology etc); meritorious; exemplary (deeds etc) |
| 进步 (進步) | jìn bù | progress; improvement; to improve; to progress |
| 项目 (項目) | xiàng mù | item; project; (sports) event |
| 事项 (事項) | shì xiàng | matter; item |
See also: Japanese symbol for “income”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.