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现行

xiàn xíng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 現行

现行 (xiàn xíng) means "to be in effect; in force; current". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 现行 means

1. to be in effect
2. in force
3. current

The characters in 现行

• 现xiànto appear; present; now
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…

Example sentences

• 他无视现行法律。
  Tā wúshì xiànxíng fǎlǜ.
  He ignored the existing laws.

Words starting with 现行

• 现行犯xiàn xíng fàncriminal caught red-handed

Sounds the same

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

• 限行to restrict the use of motor vehicles (in a particular area)
• 现形to become visible; to appear; to manifest one's true nature

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiàn xíng correctly.
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