进度表 (jìn dù biǎo) — progress chart, schedule (showing milestones or deadlines)

Definition

noun
progress chartschedule (showing milestones or deadlines)
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 进度表，。
    Xiàng mù jīng lǐ bǎ jìn dù biǎo tiē zài qiáng shàng, dà jiā dōu néng kàn dào.
    The project manager posted the progress chart on the wall so everyone could see it.
  • 进度表。
    Qǐng gēn jù jìn dù biǎo jiǎn chá yí xià rèn wu wán chéng qíng kuàng.
    Please check the task completion status against the progress chart.
  • 进度表。
    Zhè ge jìn dù biǎo xiǎn shì le měi gè jiē duàn de jié zhǐ rì qī.
    This progress chart shows the deadline for each phase.

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.

进度progress
进jìnadvance度dùdegree
偏正Modifier + head
表biǎotable

进 “advance” and 度 “degree” form progress, and 表 means table, so it is a chart showing progress.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 進; 进 is its simplified writing.

  • 辵辵chuòwalk
  • 隹隹zhuīshort-tail bird

The traditional form 進 pairs 辵 (walk) with 隹 (short-tail bird): the picture showed moving forward because a bird can only walk forward, not backward. The simplified 进 is a later shorthand.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
又又yòuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
石
石shí度dù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

度 has 又 (hand) and a changed form of 石; 石 gives a related sound, and the hand is tied to using the hand as a reference for measurement.

Open 度 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape 表 pairs 衣 (garment) with 毛 (hair or feather), originally an outer garment.

Open 表 →

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