HSK 5 · Ideas

行为 xíngwéi “action” in Chinese

Traditional 行為

What 行为 means

  1. action
  2. conduct
  3. behaviour
  4. activity

How to say 行为

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale行xíng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale为wéi2nd tone, rising

行为 in a sentence

  1. 你的行为引起了许多的麻烦。

    Nǐ de xíngwéi yǐnqǐ le xǔduō de máfan.

    Your behaviour has caused a lot of trouble.

    Sentence #1996922 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 人要为自己的行为负责。

    Rén yào wèi zìjǐ de xíngwéi fùzé.

    People must take responsibility for their own actions.

    Sentence #5819709 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 在吃饭的时候说话是不礼貌的行为。

    Zài chīfàn de shíhou shuōhuà shì bù lǐmào de xíngwéi.

    Talking while you eat is bad manners.

    Sentence #8798301 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 行为 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 行 (háng) with each of its parts in a different colour
行xíngto walk; to go; to travel
  • 彳step · chì
  • 亍to take small steps · chù

Memory aidDrawn from a crossroads: to walk, to go. It also means a row or line (háng).

The character 为 (wèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
为wéias
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
  • 力strength · lì
  • 丶dot · zhǔ

How to write 行为

行 6 strokes · 为 4 strokes

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行为 (xíngwéi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 行为 (xíngwéi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 行为

Words with 行

银行yínháng · bank不行bùxíng · won’t do行李xíngli · luggage行李箱xínglǐxiāng · trunk自行车zìxíngchē · bike银行卡yínhángkǎ · bank card行xíng · OK进行jìnxíng · to advance流行liúxíng · popular举行jǔxíng · to hold (a meeting

Words with 为

因为yīnwèi · because为什么wèishénme · why为wèi · for认为rènwéi · believe为了wèile · in order to以为yǐwéi · to think (wrongly)成为chéngwéi · to become作为zuòwéi · as (in the role of)为期wéiqī · to last for (a period)人为rénwéi · man-made

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FAQs

行为 (xíngwéi) means “action” or “conduct”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xíngwéi: xíng with a 2nd tone, then wéi with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 行为 is written 行為. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xingwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 行为 from the suggestions. Typing xingwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
行为 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.