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过程guò chéngcourse of events; process

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过程 (guò chéng) means "process" or "course of events," the steps or time something goes through from start to end, as in 学习是一个过程 (learning is a process) or 这个过程很长 (this process is very long). It is often used to talk about how something happens step by step, not only about the final result.

What does 过程 mean?

  1. 1.

    course of events; processnoun

What do the characters in 过程 mean?

  • 过not compositional here
  • 程procedure

How do you use 过程?

过程 often appears as 在……的过程中 (in the course of …) or with 很长 / 很难 to describe a process.

What are some examples of 过程 in a sentence?

  1. 学习是一个过程。

    Xuéxí shì yí ge guòchéng.

    Learning is a process.

  2. 他把过程告诉了我。

    Tā bǎ guòchéng gàosu le wǒ.

    He told me about the process.

  3. 这个过程很长。

    Zhège guòchéng hěn cháng.

    This process is very long.

How is 过程 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    你学开车难吗?

    Nǐ xué kāichē nán ma?

    Is learning to drive hard for you?

  2. Speaker B:

    开始很难,可是过程很有意思。

    Kāishǐ hěn nán, kěshì guòchéng hěn yǒu yìsi.

    It is hard at first, but the process is very interesting.

  3. Speaker A:

    你学了多长时间了?

    Nǐ xué le duō cháng shíjiān le?

    How long have you been learning?

  4. Speaker B:

    三个月了,下个星期考试。

    Sān ge yuè le, xià ge xīngqī kǎoshì.

    Three months now; the test is next week.

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.