HSK 6 · Verbs

实行 shíxíng “to put into practice” in Chinese

Traditional 實行

What 实行 means

  1. to put into practice
  2. to implement
  3. to carry out

How to say 实行

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale实shí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale行xíng2nd tone, rising

实行 in a sentence

  1. 你们应该实行你们最初的计划。

    Nǐmen yīnggāi shíxíng nǐmen zuìchū de jìhuà.

    You should carry out your original plan.

    Sentence #336011 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 谁也不能阻止这个计划的实行。

    Shéi yě bùnéng zǔzhǐ zhè ge jìhuà de shíxíng.

    Nobody can prevent this plan from being carried out.

    Sentence #742934 from Tatoeba

  3. 我意识到要实行这件事是很困难的。

    Wǒ yìshí dào yào shíxíng zhè jiàn shì shì hěn kùnnan de.

    I realised that putting this into practice would be hard.

    Sentence #2444533 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 实行 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 实 (shí) with each of its parts in a different colour
实shíreal
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 头head · tóu

Memory aidSimplified from 實, a house 宀 full of strings of coins: solid, real.

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).

How to write 实行

实 8 strokes · 行 6 strokes

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

Words related to 实行

Words with 实

其实qíshí · actually诚实chéngshí · honest实际shíjì · actual确实quèshí · indeed实在shízài · really实际上shíjìshàng · in fact果实guǒshí · fruit (of a plant)实话shíhuà · truth实现shíxiàn · to achieve结实jiēshi · sturdy

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

More words: Common Verbs

拾shí · to pick up施加shījiā · to exert实施shíshī · to implement试图shìtú · to attempt施展shīzhǎn · to make full use of收藏shōucáng · to collect守护shǒuhù · to guard收缩shōusuō · to shrink

FAQs

实行 (shíxíng) means “to put into practice” or “to implement”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shíxíng: shí with a 2nd tone, then xíng 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, 实行 is written 實行. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shixing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 实行 from the suggestions. Typing shixing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
实行 is an HSK 6 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.