HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Places

行李 xíngli “luggage” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 行李 means

  1. luggage
  2. baggage

Measure word 件 jiàn · 一件行李 yí jiàn xíngli

How to say 行李

  • 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 neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own李lineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

行李 in a sentence

  1. 让我来拿你的行李。

    Ràng wǒ lái ná nǐ de xíngli.

    Let me carry your luggage.

    Sentence #335845 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 请问您有多少件行李？

    Qǐngwèn nín yǒu duōshǎo jiàn xíngli?

    How many pieces of luggage do you have?

    Sentence #8777616 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我出门不喜欢带很多行李。

    Wǒ chūmén bù xǐhuan dài hěn duō xíngli.

    I don’t like travelling with lots of luggage.

    Sentence #6956916 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 行李 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 李 (lǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
李lǐplumlight in 行李
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 子child · zǐSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 子 (zǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with li.

How to write 行李

行 6 strokes · 李 7 strokes

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

Words related to 行李

Words with 行

银行yínháng · bank不行bùxíng · won’t do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旅行lǚxíng · to travel

Words with 李

行李箱xínglǐxiāng · trunk

More words: Places & Getting Around

南方nánfāng · the south花园huāyuán · garden西方xīfāng · the West园yuán · garden马路mǎlù · road东方dōngfāng · the East楼梯lóutī · stairs路边lùbiān · roadside

FAQs

行李 (xíngli) means “luggage” or “baggage”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it xíngli: xíng with a 2nd tone, then li with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 行李 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 件 (jiàn). For example, one luggage is 一件行李 (yí jiàn xíngli).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xingli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 行李 from the suggestions. Typing xingli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
行李 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.