(chéng xù) - computer programme; procedure, proper order in Mandarin
chéngxùTraditional: 程序
Translation
computer programme; procedure, proper order
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Word origin
A compound of 程 (chéng, a set course or rule) and 序 (xù, order, sequence), so an ordered course of steps.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 程 (chéng, course, rule) + 序 (xù, order, sequence)
Stroke order
程
序
Examples
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There is something wrong with this programme.
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He wrote a small program.
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Please follow the proper procedure.
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Legal procedure is complicated.
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A lot of software is installed on the computer.
程序 carries two senses that English splits between different words. In computing it is a program: 手机程序 (a phone app), 小程序 (a WeChat mini programme), 程序员 (a programmer). In administration and law it is the procedure, the correct sequence of steps: 法律程序, 按程序办事.
Taiwan uses 程式 for the computing sense, so a mainland 程序员 is a Taiwanese 程式設計師. Recognising both saves confusion when you read across the strait.
The word is countable with 个: 一个程序. If you want software as a mass category rather than an individual program, 软件 is the usual choice, and 应用 or 应用程序 covers apps specifically.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 23, lesson 10: 程序, 相同, 裤子 and 7 more words.