日程 (rì chéng) — schedule; itinerary | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A 日程 is a planned schedule, typically for meetings or trips — broader than 议程 (an agenda's items) and more event-focused than 时间表 (a clock-like timetable).

noun

scheduleitinerary

Measure word · 个

Examples

日程。
Míng tiān de rì chéng yǐ jīng pái mǎn le.
Tomorrow's schedule is already fully booked.
日程。
Zhè cì lǚ xíng de rì chéng bāo kuò sān gè chéng shì.
This trip's itinerary includes three cities.
日程。
Huì yì rì chéng xū yào zài tiáo zhěng yí xià.
The meeting schedule needs to be adjusted a bit.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

程chéngcourse

A planned course is expressed by 日 'day' together with 程 'course'.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

日 originally drew the sun. A mark was added inside to tell it apart from similar square shapes.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

禾呈程

Meaning part形符xíngfú

禾禾hégrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

呈

呈chéng程chéng

Same sound today

程 is made from 禾 (grain) and 呈 (pronounced chéng); the evidence gives measurements.

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