Chinese word

经

Pronunciation

Pinyinjīng

Meaning

  • prepositionthrough

Example

经医生同意，她出院了。jīng yī shēng tóng yì tā chū yuàn le

With the doctor's approval, she left the hospital.

Illustration for 经 (through)

More examples

经批准，项目开始实施。jīng pī zhǔn xiàng mù kāi shǐ shí shī

After approval, the project began.

Core concept

A route carries an action or result through a person, organization, or method.

Common phrases

  • 经批准jīng pī zhǔn

    after approval

  • 经检查jīng jiǎn chá

    after inspection

  • 经商议jīng shāng yì

    after discussion

Similar words

经过jīng guò: By going through a stage, process, or length of time before something happens.
通过tōng guò: By means of a method or channel used to do or achieve something.

Definition in Chinese

作为介词，表示借助某种渠道或手段，通过该渠道产生结果，常与机构、人名或方式连用。zuò wéi jiè cí biǎo shì jiè zhù móu zhǒng qú dào huò shǒu duàn tōng guò gāi qú dào chǎn shēng jié guǒ cháng yǔ jī gòu rén míng huò fāng shì lián yòng

Word origin

The character 经 (jīng, "through") grew from an image of warp threads running lengthwise through a loom, linking it to passage along a route.

Usage tips

  • In everyday speech, this word can make a sentence sound more formal when it introduces approval from a person or a process handled by an institution.

Other meanings

  • by means ofpreposition

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