Chinese symbol for “proceed”
进行
jìn xíng
Traditional: 進行
(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); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
The closest CC-CEDICT match for proceed is 进行 (jìn xíng), defined as: (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); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “proceed”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 接着 (接著) | jiē zhe | to catch and hold on; to continue |
| 遂 | suì | to satisfy; to succeed |
| 措手 | cuò shǒu | to deal with; to manage |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 进行.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 举行 (舉行) | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 行为 (行為) | xíng wéi | action; conduct; behavior; activity |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
See also: Japanese symbol for “proceed”.
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.