Chinese symbol for “procedures”
程序
chéng xù
procedures; sequence; order; computer program
The closest CC-CEDICT match for procedures is 程序 (chéng xù), defined as: procedures; sequence; order; computer program.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 程序.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 过程 (過程) | guò chéng | course of events; process |
| 工程 | gōng chéng | engineering; an engineering project |
| 程度 | chéng dù | degree; level; extent |
| 课程 (課程) | kè chéng | course; academic program; measure word: 堂 (táng), 节 (jié), 门 (mén) |
| 进程 (進程) | jìn chéng | course of events; process; (computing) process (a running instance of a program) |
| 秩序 | zhì xù | order; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc) |
| 顺序 (順序) | shùn xù | sequence; order |
| 应用程序 (應用程序) | yìng yòng chéng xù | (computing) program; application |
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.