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应用程序编程接口

yìng yòng chéng xù biān chéng jiē kǒudictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
application programming interface (API)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-c4107f618af9fd62. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

應用程序編程接口 应用程序编程接口 [ying4 yong4 cheng2 xu4 bian1 cheng2 jie1 kou3] /application programming interface (API)/

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Other forms in these source records: 應用程序編程接口

  • 应
    yīng

    to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall

    yìng

    to answer / to respond / to comply with / to deal or cope with

    Yīng

    surname Ying / Taiwan pr. [Yìng]

  • 用
    yòng

    to use / to make use of / to employ / (coverb) with / using / to need / to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness / utility / (bound form) expense / outlay / (courteous) to eat / to drink / (literary) hence / therefore

  • 程
    chéng

    rule / order / regulations / formula / journey / procedure / sequence

    Chéng

    surname Cheng

  • 序
    xù

    (bound form) order / sequence / (bound form) introductory / initial / preface

  • 编
    biān

    to weave / to plait / to organize / to group / to arrange / to edit / to compile / to write / to compose / to fabricate / to make up

  • 程
    chéng

    rule / order / regulations / formula / journey / procedure / sequence

    Chéng

    surname Cheng

  • 接
    jiē

    to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb

  • 口
    kǒu

    mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.