并行 (bìng xíng) — to proceed in parallel; to run concurrently
Definition
并行 stresses two processes running together at the same time. 平行 is the geometry/state sense (parallel lines, equal rank); 并列 is side-by-side placement, often in a ranking or list.
verb
to proceed in parallelto run concurrently
Examples
- 并行。Ruǎn jiàn hé yìng jiàn de kāi fā xū yào bìng xíng tuī jìn.The development of software and hardware needs to proceed in parallel.
- 并行，。Zhè liǎng gè tuán duì zài bìng xíng gōng zuò, hù xiāng bù gān rǎo.These two teams are working in parallel without interfering with each other.
- 并行。Tā men jué dìng bìng xíng chǔ lǐ zhè jǐ gè wèn tí.They decided to handle these several issues in parallel.
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