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行为

xíng wéi

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

行为 (xíng wéi) means "action; behavior". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 行为 means

1. action; conduct; behavior; activity

The characters in 行为

• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as

Example sentences

• 她的行为很粗俗。
  Tā de xíngwéi hěn cūsú.
  Her behaviour is very vulgar.
• 您有违法行为吗？
  Are you in trouble with the law?
• 这不是慈善行为。
  This isn't a charity.
• 你行为应该规矩些。
  Nǐ xíngwéi yīnggāi guīju xiē.
  You should try to behave better.
• 他的行为冒犯了我。
  Tā de xíngwéi màofàn le wǒ.
  I was offended by his behavior.
• 你的行为完全合法。
  Nǐ de xíngwéi wánquán héfǎ.
  Your conduct is perfectly legal.

Words starting with 行为

• 行为数据xíng wéi shù jùbehavioral data (marketing)
• 行为主义xíng wéi zhǔ yìbehaviorism
• 行为准则xíng wéi zhǔn zécode of conduct; standard of conduct
• 行为艺术xíng wéi yì shùperformance art
• 行为艺术家xíng wéi yì shù jiāperformance artist

Words containing 行为

• 性行为xìng xíng wéisexual behavior
• 利他行为lì tā xíng wéialtruistic behavior
• 非国家行为体fēi guó jiā xíng wéi tǐnon-state actor
• 商业行为shāng yè xíng wéibusiness activity; commercial activity
• 反社会行为fǎn shè huì xíng wéiantisocial behavior
• 犯罪行为fàn zuì xíng wéicriminal activity
• 侵权行为qīn quán xíng wéitort; infringement (of sb's rights)
• 婚前性行为hūn qián xìng xíng wéipremarital sex
• 强迫性性行为qiǎng pò xìng xìng xíng wéisexual obsession
• 海盗行为hǎi dào xíng wéipiracy
• 觅食行为mì shí xíng wéiforaging

Where 行为 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Talent, Personnel & Humanity (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 xíng wéi correctly.
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