程序 chéngxù procedures
procedures; sequence; order; computer program
How to remember 程序: 程 process + 序 order = procedures.
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How it is used
- A procedure/process; and a computer program - 法律程序 (fǎlǜ chéngxù) legal procedure; 手机程序 a phone app.
- Two senses: the ordered steps of a formal process, and software. Contrast 步骤 (bùzhòu, the individual steps): 程序 is the whole prescribed procedure or the coded program.
Example sentences
- 她是程序员。 Tā shì chéngxùyuán.She is a computer programmer.
- 她是个女程序员吗？ Tā shì gè nǚ chéngxùyuán ma?Is she a computer programmer?
- 我想做一个程序员。 Wǒ xiǎng zuò yígè chéngxùyuán.I want to be a computer programmer.