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行事

xíng shì

2-character word

What 行事 means

1. to execute
2. to handle
3. behavior
4. action
5. conduct

The characters in 行事

• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Example sentences

• 汤姆只按命令行事。
  Tom just does what he's told to do.
• 我一生都谨慎行事。
  I've been careful my whole life.
• 他为自己的利益行事。
  Tā wèi zìjǐ de lìyì xíngshì.
  He is acting on his own behalf.

Words starting with 行事

• 行事历xíng shì lìcalendar; schedule

Words containing 行事

• 看人行事kàn rén xíng shìto treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them (idiom)
• 相机行事xiàng jī xíng shìto act as circumstances dictate (idiom)
• 依计行事yī jì xíng shìto act according to plan
• 便宜行事biàn yí xíng shìact at one's discretion; act as one sees fit
• 审慎行事shěn shèn xíng shìto act prudently; steering a cautious course
• 见机行事jiàn jī xíng shìsee the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances…

Sounds the same

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

• 形式outer appearance; form; shape
• 形势circumstances; situation; terrain
• 刑事criminal; penal
• 型式type; pattern; version