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自行

zì xíng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

自行 (zì xíng) means "voluntary; autonomous; by oneself". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 自行 means

1. voluntary
2. autonomous
3. by oneself
4. self-

The characters in 自行

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…

Example sentences

• 你有自行车吗？
  Do you have a bicycle?
• 我喜欢独自行走。
  Wǒ xǐhuan dúzì xíngzǒu.
  I like walking alone.
• 比尔会骑自行车。
  Bill can ride a bicycle.
• 这是我的自行车。
  This is my bicycle.
• 我买不起自行车。
  I could not afford to buy a bicycle.
• 他骑自行车去的。
  He went by bicycle.

Words starting with 自行

• 自行车zì xíng chēbicycle; bike
• 自行其是zì xíng qí shìto act as one thinks fit; to have one's own way
• 自行车道zì xíng chē dàobike path; bicycle trail; bike lane
• 自行车架zì xíng chē jiàbike rack; bicycle frame
• 自行车馆zì xíng chē guǎncycling stadium; velodrome
• 自行了断zì xíng liǎo duànto take one's life
• 自行车赛zì xíng chē sàicycle race

Words containing 自行

• 场地自行车chǎng dì zì xíng chētrack bike; track cycling
• 公路自行车gōng lù zì xíng chēracing bicycle; road bike
• 山地自行车shān dì zì xíng chēmountain bike
• 老山自行车馆Lǎo shān Zì xíng chē guǎnLaoshan Velodrome, a Beijing 2008 Olympics venue
• 环法自行车赛Huán Fǎ Zì xíng chē sàiTour de France cycle race

Sounds the same

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

• 字形form of a Chinese character; variant of 字型
• 字型font; typeface

Go deeper

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