行
xíng
Pinyin

Definition

行
 - 
xíng
  1. to walk
  2. to go
  3. to travel
  4. a visit
  5. temporary
  6. makeshift
  7. current
  8. in circulation
  9. to do
  10. to perform
  11. capable
  12. competent
  13. effective
  14. all right
  15. OK!
  16. will do
  17. behavior
  18. conduct
  19. Taiwan pr. [xìng] for the behavior-conduct sense
行
 - 
háng
  1. row
  2. line
  3. commercial firm
  4. line of business
  5. profession
  6. to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
  7. (in data tables) row
  8. (Tw) column

Character Decomposition

Compounds (29)

行
háng
  1. 1 row
  2. 2 line
  3. 3 commercial firm
  4. 4 line of business
  5. 5 profession
  6. 6 to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
  7. 7 (in data tables) row
  8. 8 (Tw) column
行
xíng
  1. 1 to walk
  2. 2 to go
  3. 3 to travel
  4. 4 a visit
  5. 5 temporary
  6. 6 makeshift
  7. 7 current
  8. 8 in circulation
  9. 9 to do
  10. 10 to perform
  11. 11 capable
  12. 12 competent
  13. 13 effective
  14. 14 all right
  15. 15 OK!
  16. 16 will do
  17. 17 behavior
  18. 18 conduct
  19. 19 Taiwan pr. [xìng] for the behavior-conduct sense
街
jiē
  1. 1 street
  2. 2 classifier: 条 tiáo
衡
héng
  1. 1 to weigh
  2. 2 weight
  3. 3 measure
衔
xián
  1. 1 variant: 衔 xián

Related Words (20)

排行
pái háng
  1. 1 to rank
  2. 2 ranking
  3. 3 seniority (among siblings)
旅行
lǚ xíng
  1. 1 to travel
  2. 2 journey
  3. 3 trip
  4. 4 classifier: 趟 tàng
  5. 5 classifier: 次 cì
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
流行
liú xíng
  1. 1 (of a contagious disease etc) to spread
  2. 2 to propagate
  3. 3 (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular
  4. 4 fashionable
行
háng
  1. 1 row
  2. 2 line
  3. 3 commercial firm
  4. 4 line of business
  5. 5 profession
  6. 6 to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
  7. 7 (in data tables) row
  8. 8 (Tw) column
行动
xíng dòng
  1. 1 operation
  2. 2 action
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 to move about
  5. 5 mobile

Idioms (20)

一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
  1. 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
  2. 2 to read very rapidly
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
  1. 1 every word and action (idiom)
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)

Sample Sentences

老实说，我觉得这个提案很难执行。
lǎoshíshuō ，wǒ juéde zhège tíàn hěn nán zhíxíng 。
Honestly speaking, I think it’s hard to proceed with your proposal.
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行行行，你真会做生意。
xíngxíngxíng ，nǐ zhēn huì zuòshēngyi 。
Ok ok, you’re really good at doing business.
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这部电影天马行空，很有想法。
zhè bù diànyǐng tiānmǎxíngkōng ，hěn yǒu xiǎngfǎ 。
This movie is bizarre. There are a lot of ideas in this movie.
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天马行空
tiānmǎxíngkōng
Lit:A legendary horse flies in the air. Fig: Surreal.
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达利的画天马行空，大家都看不懂。
dálì de huà tiānmǎxíngkōng ，dàjiā dōu kànbudǒng 。
Dali’s paintings are bizarre. Nobody understands them.
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他的字天马行空，非常好看。
tā de zì tiānmǎxíngkōng ，fēicháng hǎokàn 。
His handwriting is artistic. It’s beautiful.
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你行的，振作起来，不要放弃！
nǐ xíng de ，zhènzuò qǐlai ，bùyào fàngqì ！
You can do it. Cheer up! Don’t give up!
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因为成本太高了，所以这个计划好像行不通。
yīnwèi chéngběn tài gāo le ，suǒyǐ zhège jìhuà hǎoxiàng xíngbutōng 。
Because the cost is too high, this project might not be able to proceed.
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真不巧，我这周行程都排满了。
zhēn bùqiǎo ，wǒ zhèzhōu xíngchéng dōu pái mǎn le 。
Unfortunately, my schedule of this week has been jam-packed.
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行
xíng
to walk
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