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行动

xíng dòng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 行動 Measure word 个

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

What 行动 means

1. operation
2. action
3. to move about
4. mobile

The characters in 行动

• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace

Example sentences

• 他行动迅速。
  He acts quickly.
• 你得行动了。
  You have to move.
• 行动胜于雄辩。
  Actions speak louder than words.
• 海龟是爬行动物。
  Hǎiguī shì páxíngdòngwù.
  Turtles are reptiles.
• 你必须马上行动。
  It is imperative for you to act at once.
• 您必须马上行动。
  It is imperative for you to act at once.

Words starting with 行动

• 行动方案xíng dòng fāng ànprogram of action
• 行动自由xíng dòng zì yóufreedom of action
• 行动主义xíng dòng zhǔ yìactivism
• 行动电源xíng dòng diàn yuán(Taiwan) power bank
• 行动计划xíng dòng jì huàaction plan
• 行动电话xíng dòng diàn huàmobile phone (Tw)
• 行动不便xíng dòng bù biànunable to move freely; difficult to get about
• 行动装置xíng dòng zhuāng zhìmobile device (Tw)
• 行动值xíng dòng zhí(gaming) action points (points required to complete an action)…
• 行动艺术xíng dòng yì shùperformance art
• 行动艺术家xíng dòng yì shù jiāperformance artist
• 行动剧xíng dòng jù(Taiwan) street theater (esp. as a form of political expression)
• 行动纲领xíng dòng gāng lǐngaction plan; program of action

Words containing 行动

• 社会行动shè huì xíng dòngsocial actions
• 采取行动cǎi qǔ xíng dòngto take action; to adopt policies; to move on some issue
• 军事行动jūn shì xíng dòngmilitary operation
• 环境行动主义huán jìng xíng dòng zhǔ yìenvironmentalism; environmental activism
• 付之行动fù zhī xíng dòngto put into action; to transform into acts
• 人民行动党Rén mín Xíng dòng dǎngPeople's Action Party (ruling party in Singapore)
• 见诸行动jiàn zhū xíng dòngto translate sth into action; to put sth into action
• 慈福行动cí fú xíng dòngOperation Blessing (charitable relief organization)
• 爬行动物pá xíng dòng wùreptile
• 彩虹行动cǎi hóng xíng dòngthe two mass scuttling operations carried out by the German navy: the scuttling of the…
• 斩首行动zhǎn shǒu xíng dòng(military) decapitation strike

Where 行动 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Action, Behavior & Conduct (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 dòng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.