时间轴

shíjiānzhóu

Traditional: 時間軸

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Translation

timeline, time axis

Word origin

A compound of 时间 (shí jiān, time) and 轴 (zhóu, axle, axis), naming the line along which events are ordered in time.

Origin
compound
Root
时间 (shí jiān, time) + 轴 (zhóu, axis)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 时

Stroke order for 间

Stroke order for 轴

Examples

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This chart shows the whole project's timeline.

The teacher marked the important events on the timeline.

We tell this story along the timeline.

The history class uses a timeline to aid memory.

There is a clear timeline in the software.

时间轴 (shí jiān zhóu) means a timeline or time axis, the line on which events are placed in chronological order. It is common in history teaching, project planning, and software interfaces.

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This word is part of lesson 37.