进程 jìnchéng course of events
course of events; process; (computing) process (a running instance of a program)
How to remember 进程: 进 enter + 程 process = course of events.
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How it is used
- The course/progress of an unfolding process - 加快改革进程 (jiākuài gǎigé jìnchéng) to speed up the reform process.
- Used for long-running developments (历史进程 the course of history; 和平进程 the peace process) and, in computing, a running "process."
- 进程 stresses the ongoing forward course of events; 过程 (guòchéng) is the neutral "process/procedure" of any event, without the sense of directional advance.