Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
项目
xiàngmù
Description
"项目"常常用来说一件要做的大事情，比如公司或者学校里的工作计划。
"项目" is often used to refer to a big task to be done, such as a work plan in a company or school.
它也可以指一类东西中的一个，比如运动比赛里的一个项目。
It can also mean one item within a category, like an event in a sports competition.
Meanings
项目xiàngmù
project; a planned piece of work
我们公司有一个新项目。
Our company has a new project.
项目xiàngmù
item; category; event (in sports)
我最喜欢的运动项目是游泳。
My favorite sport is swimming.
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Notes
- Etymology
项 (item/clause) + 目 (item/heading), a compound of two 'item' characters.
- Nuance
项目 is more formal and larger-scale than everyday 事情 (matter).
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