进行/進行 jìnxíng — to carry out, to conduct, to be underway

Meanings

1. 1

   to carry out, to conduct, to be underway

   进, to advance, and 行, to move forward — a formal word that always needs an abstract action for its object: a meeting, a discussion, an investigation, never a concrete thing or a person. 会议正在进行, the meeting is underway.

   verb

Character breakdown

• 进/進

  jìn (fourth tone, falling)

  to enter, to go in, to come in; to advance, to make progress; to take in, to import

  7 strokes⿺辶井Radical 辵

Example sentences

• 会议正在进行，请大家保持安静。/會議正在進行，請大家保持安靜。Huìyì (fourth tone, falling) zhèngzài (fourth tone, falling) jìnxíng, (fourth tone, falling) qǐng (third tone, dipping) dàjiā (fourth tone, falling) bǎochí (third tone, dipping) ānjìng. (first tone, high and level)···

  The meeting is underway — please everyone stay quiet.

• 这个问题需要进一步进行讨论。/這個問題需要進一步進行討論。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) wèntí (fourth tone, falling) xūyào (first tone, high and level) jìnyíbù (fourth tone, falling) jìnxíng (fourth tone, falling) tǎolùn. (third tone, dipping)···

  This question needs further discussion.

Common mistakes

• Not quite医生正在进行病人。

  Correct医生正在进行手术。

  进行 needs an abstract action noun as its object — an operation, a discussion, an investigation — never a person or a plain physical place. A doctor does not 进行 a patient; the operation is what is 进行d.

Similar words

Words containing 进

• 进/進jìn (fourth tone, falling)to enter, to go in
• 进入/進入jìn (fourth tone, falling) rù (fourth tone, falling)to enter
• 进去/進去jìn (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling)to go in
• 进来/進來jìn (fourth tone, falling) lái (second tone, rising)to come in
• 进一步/進一步jìn (fourth tone, falling) yī (first tone, high and level) bù (fourth tone, falling)to go a step further
• 进展/進展jìn (fourth tone, falling) zhǎn (third tone, dipping)to make headway
• 进攻/進攻jìn (fourth tone, falling) gōng (first tone, high and level)to attack
• 促进/促進cùjìn (fourth tone, falling)to promote, to accelerate, to boost
• 进步/進步jìn (fourth tone, falling) bù (fourth tone, falling)progress
• 前进/前進qián (second tone, rising) jìn (fourth tone, falling)to go forward
• 先进/先進xiān (first tone, high and level) jìn (fourth tone, falling)advanced (technology)
• 推进/推進tuī (first tone, high and level) jìn (fourth tone, falling)to impel
• 改进/改進gǎi (third tone, dipping) jìn (fourth tone, falling)to improve
• 进口/進口jìn (fourth tone, falling) kǒu (third tone, dipping)to import
• 进程/進程jìn (fourth tone, falling) chéng (second tone, rising)course of events; process
• 进度/進度jìn (fourth tone, falling) dù (fourth tone, falling)rate of progress
• 进出/進出jìn (fourth tone, falling) chū (first tone, high and level)to enter or exit