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举行

jǔ xíng

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 舉行

举行 (jǔ xíng) means "to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 举行 means

1. to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)

The characters in 举行

• 举jǔto lift; to hold up; to cite
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…

Example sentences

• 明天举行典礼。
  The ceremony will take place tomorrow.
• 选举何时举行？
  When do the elections take place?
• 婚礼在哪儿举行？
  Where is the wedding to be?
• 她今晚举行派对。
  She is giving a party tonight.
• 运动会要延期举行。
  Yùndònghuì yào yánqī jǔxíng.
  The athletic meeting will be put off.
• 会议将在东京举行。
  The conference is to be held in Tokyo.

Sounds the same

Read jǔ xíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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Where 举行 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Work, Society & Culture (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jǔ xíng correctly.
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