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行

xíng

HSK 4 Character

What 行 means

1. bound formto walk; to go; to travel
2. literarytrip; journey; visit
3. bound formtemporary; makeshift
4. bound formcurrent; in circulation
5. bound formto do; to perform
6. capable; competent
7. all right; OK!; will do
8. behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. xìng)
9. literaryabout to; soon

Other readings

行 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• hángrow; line; line of business; trade; profession; commercial firm
• héngused in {道行|dào héng}

Example sentences

• 行。
  All right.
• 行了。
  That's enough.
• 不行！
  No!
• 不行吗？
  Something wrong?
• 进行中。
  In Progress.
• 你行吗？
  Can you?

Words starting with 行

• 行为xíng wéiaction; conduct; behavior; activity
• 行李箱xíng li xiāngsuitcase; baggage compartment; overhead bin
• 行动xíng dòngoperation; action; to move about
• 行业háng yètrade; profession; industry; business
• 行人xíng rénpedestrian; traveler on foot; passer-by
• 行政xíng zhèngadministration; (attributive) administrative; executive
• 行列háng lièformation; array; (fig.) ranks (as in "join the ranks of ...")
• 行李xíng liluggage
• 行程xíng chéngjourney; travel route; itinerary; distance of travel; course (of history)
• 行走xíng zǒuto walk
• 行驶xíng shǐto travel along a route (of vehicles etc)
• 行情háng qíngmarket price; quotation of market price; the current market situation
• 行事xíng shìto execute; to handle; behavior
• 行者xíng zhěpedestrian; walker; itinerant monk
• 行使xíng shǐto exercise (a right etc)
• 行进xíng jìnto advance; forward motion
• 行车xíng chēto drive a vehicle; movement of vehicles
• 行径xíng jìng(usu. pejorative) conduct; behavior; act; path; trail
• 行长háng zhǎngbank president
• 行踪xíng zōngwhereabouts; (lose) track (of)
• 行星xíng xīngplanet
• 行当háng dangprofession; role (acting)
• 行政部门xíng zhèng bù ménadministrative department; administration; executive (government branch)
• 行家háng jiāconnoisseur; expert; veteran

Words containing 行

• 进行jìn xíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway…
• 自行车zì xíng chēbicycle; bike
• 举行jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
• 银行yín hángbank
• 不行bù xíngwon't do; be out of the question; be no good
• 流行liú xíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate…
• 执行zhí xíngto implement; to carry out; to execute
• 实行shí xíngto implement; to carry out; to put into practice
• 发行fā xíngto publish; to issue; to release; to distribute
• 运行yùn xíng(of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course; (fig.) to function…
• 履行lǚ xíngto fulfill (one's obligations); to carry out (a task); to implement (an agreement)
• 可行kě xíngfeasible
• 盛行shèng xíngto be in vogue; to be popular; to be prevalent
• 航行háng xíngto sail; to fly; to navigate
• 平行píng xíngparallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively); on an equal footing…
• 外行wài hánglayman; amateur
• 品行pǐn xíngbehavior; moral conduct
• 旅行lǚ xíngto travel; journey; trip
• 一行yī xíngparty; delegation
• 同行tóng hángperson of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry
• 游行yóu xíngto march; to parade; to demonstrate; procession; march; demonstration; to travel around…
• 飞行fēi xíng(of planes etc) to fly; flying; flight
• 步行bù xíngto go on foot; to walk
• 强行qiáng xíngto do sth by force; Taiwan pr. qiǎng xíng

Characters that look like 行

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 付fùto pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things
• 村cūnvillage; (dialect) to scold; rustic; boorish
• 杆gǎnstick; pole; lever
• 竹zhú(bound form) bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
• 忏chàn(bound form) to feel remorse; (bound form) scripture read to atone for sb's sins…
• 抒shūto express; to give expression to; variant of 纾

Sounds the same

Read xíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 型mold; type; style
• 形to appear; to look; form
• 刑punishment; penalty; sentence
• 荥used in 荥阳
• 饧maltose syrup; molasses; heavy (eyelids)
• 陉border the stove; defile; pass
• 硎whetstone
• 侀shape; statute
• 钘long-necked wine flask
• 铏soup cauldron; (arch.) sacrificial tripod with two handles and a lid; old variant of 硎
• 邢surname Xing; place name
• 蛵see 虰蛵