进

jìn

HSK 2

进 — jìn

1. to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter

   门开着，请进来坐一下。 mén kāi zhe qǐngjìnlái zuò yīxià — The door is open; please come in and have a seat.

2. to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit (people or things)

   请把这些书进到仓库里。 qǐng bǎ zhèxiē shū jìndào cāngkù lǐ — Please put these books into the warehouse.

3. (math.) base of a number system

   十进制的进等于十。 shíjìnzhì de jìn děngyú shí — The base of decimal (jin) equals ten.

4. classifier for sections/units in a building or residential compound

   我们住在三进院里。 wǒmen zhù zài sānjìn yuànlǐ — We live in a three-section courtyard.