程 (chéng): rule, order, regulations, formula, journey, procedure
程 (chéng) is a Chinese character meaning “rule.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 禾 (semantic) and 呈 (phonetic). It ranks #314 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 程 grain. Its radical form 禾 (grain) appears in many related characters such as 秋 (qiū, autumn), 科 (kē, branch of study), 租 (zū, to hire).
Definitions
- rule
- order
- regulations
- formula
- journey
- procedure
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 程
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 过程noun | guò chéng | course of events | 4 |
| 程序noun | chéng xù | procedures | 5 |
| 程度noun | chéng dù | degree | 5 |
| 课程noun | kè chéng | course | 4 |
| 旅程noun | lǚ chéng | journey | 6 |
| 工程noun | gōng chéng | engineering | 5 |
| 工程师noun | gōng chéng shī | engineer | 5 |
| 行程noun | xíng chéng | journey | 5 |
| 路程noun | lù chéng | route | 6 |
| 远程adjective | yuǎn chéng | remote | 6 |
| 全程noun | quán chéng | the whole distance | 6 |
| 流程noun | liú chéng | course | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 日程 | rì chéng | schedule |
| 计程车 | jì chéng chē | (Tw) taxi |
| 进程 | jìn chéng | course of events |
| 疗程 | liáo chéng | course of treatment |
| 前程 | qián chéng | future (career etc) prospects |
| 日程表 | rì chéng biǎo | daily schedule |
| 射程 | shè chéng | range |
| 启程 | qǐ chéng | to set out on a journey |
| 赛程 | sài chéng | competition schedule |
| 程式 | chéng shì | form |
| 方程式 | fāng chéng shì | (math.) equation |
| 议程 | yì chéng | agenda |
| 车程 | chē chéng | travel time |
| 编程 | biān chéng | (computing) to program |
| 历程 | lì chéng | course |
程 appears in 100 compound words: 23 as the first character, 59 as the last, and 18 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 程 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (9)
Example Sentences
学习是一个长期的过程，需要持之以恒。
Xuéxí shì yī gè chángqī de guòchéng, xūyào chízhīyǐhéng.
Learning is a long-term process that requires persistence.
阿里云编程套餐月费最低7.9元
ā lǐ yún biān chéng tào cān yuè fèi zuì dī 7 . 9 yuán
Alibaba Cloud programming package has a minimum monthly fee of 7.9 yuan
黄榕外貌有变否认做医美疗程 开心被网民指跟阿仪越来越似 黄夏蕙等收...
huáng 榕 wài mào yǒu biàn fǒu rèn zuò yī měi liáo chéng kāi xīn bèi wǎng mín zhǐ gēn ā yí yuè lái yuè sì huáng xià 蕙 děng shōu . . .
Huang Rong's appearance has changed, denying medical aesthetic treatment, and is happy to be accused by netizens of becoming more and more similar to Ah Yi.
春节假期第八天全国各地迎返程车流客流高峰
chūn jié jiǎ qī dì bā tiān quán guó gè dì yíng fǎn chéng chē liú kè liú gāo fēng
On the eighth day of the Spring Festival holiday, all parts of the country welcomed the peak of return traffic and passenger flow
冬奥会|20日看点:赛程有变 目标不变
dōng ào huì 2 0 rì kàn diǎn : sài chéng yǒu biàn mù biāo bù biàn
Winter Olympics|20th highlights: The schedule has changed and the goal remains unchanged
万马奔腾启新程!这支复旦“马”字牌拜年天团来送福啦..
mò mǎ bēn téng qǐ xīn chéng ! zhè zhī fù dàn mǎ zì pái bài nián tiān tuán lái sòng fú lā . .
Horses are running to start a new journey! The Fudan "Horse" New Year's Eve Troupe is here to deliver blessings...
她推迟了去墨西哥的行程。
Tā tuīchí le qù Mòxīgē de xíngchéng.
She put off going to Mexico.
编程语言是他的嗜好。
Biānchéng yǔyán shì tā de shìhào.
Programming languages are his hobby.
让我们继续进行议程上的项目。
Ràng wǒmen jìxù jìnxíng yìchéng shàng de xiàngmù.
Let's proceed with the items on the agenda.
这个程序缺陷满多。
Zhège chéngxù quēxiàn mǎn duō.
This process has a lot of inconveniences.
Character Family
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