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实行

shí xíng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 實行

实行 (shí xíng) means "to implement; to carry out (a policy)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 实行 means

1. to implement
2. to carry out
3. to put into practice

The characters in 实行

• 实shíreal; true; honest
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…

Example sentences

• 我们实行了那个计划。
  We carried out that plan.
• 他忠实地实行了该计划。
  Tā zhōngshí de shíxíng le gāi jìhuà.
  He carried out the scheme faithfully.
• 我们必须马上实行这个计画。
  We must carry out the plan at once.
• 很多公司实行8小时工作制。
  Lots of companies have implemented an eight-hour working day.
• 谁也不能阻止这个计划的实行。
  Shéi yě bù néng zǔzhǐ zhège jìhuà de shíxíng.
  Nobody can prevent this plan from being carried out.
• 你们应该实行你们最初的计划。
  You must carry out your first plan.

Sounds the same

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

• 石刑stoning (execution method)

Where 实行 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Practice, Implementation & Achievement (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shí xíng correctly.
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