Chinese Conversation · Level 49
90 words
Chinese word
进入
Pronunciation
Pinyinjìn rù
Meaning
- verbenter
Example
请进入房间。qǐng jìn rù fáng jiān
Please enter the room.
More examples
学生们排队进入学校。xué shēng men pái duì jìn rù xué xiào
The students line up to enter the school.
Core concept
A move across a boundary from outside into a place, system, or state.
Common phrases
进入房间jìn rù fáng jiān
enter the room
进入教室jìn rù jiào shì
enter the classroom
进入学校jìn rù xué xiào
enter the school
Similar words
进jìn: Go into a place from outside using a simple everyday verb.
进去jìn qù: Go inside to a place that is away from the speaker.
进来jìn lái: Come inside toward the speaker's location.
Definition in Chinese
表示从外部进入到内部，可用于具体的地点或抽象的状态。biǎo shì cóng wài bù jìn rù dào nèi bù kě yòng yú jù tǐ de dì diǎn huò chōu xiàng de zhuàng tài
Word origin
进入 (jìnrù, "enter") combines 进 (jìn, "move forward into") + 入 (rù, "go in"), making the idea of crossing from outside into an inner place or state easy to remember.
Usage tips
- As a verb, it normally takes the destination after it, whether that destination is a room, a system, or a new phase.