HSK 6 · Transport

航行 hángxíng “to sail” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 航行 means

  1. to sail
  2. to fly
  3. navigation
  4. to navigate

How to say 航行

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale航háng2nd 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

航行 in a sentence

  1. 他们沿着非洲西岸航行了。

    Tāmen yánzhe Fēizhōu xī àn hángxíng le.

    They sailed along the west coast of Africa.

    Sentence #771858 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 数艘游艇在远方的海洋并列航行。

    Shù sōu yóutǐng zài yuǎnfāng de hǎiyáng bìngliè hángxíng.

    Several yachts were sailing side by side far out at sea.

    Sentence #343199 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 游艇绕浮标航行。

    Yóutǐng rào fúbiāo hángxíng.

    The yacht sailed around a buoy.

    Sentence #9974952 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 航行 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 航 (háng) with each of its parts in a different colour
航hángboat
  • 舟boat · zhōuMeaning part
  • 亢high · kàngSound part

舟 hints at the meaning (boat); 亢 (kàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with háng.

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 航行

航 10 strokes · 行 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 航行

Words with 航

航班hángbān · (scheduled) flight航天hángtiān · spaceflight导航dǎoháng · navigation航空hángkōng · aviation

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: Everyday Things

港口gǎngkǒu · port观光guānguāng · to go sightseeing轨道guǐdào · orbit航空hángkōng · aviation桨jiǎng · oar舰艇jiàntǐng · naval vessel立交桥lìjiāoqiáo · overpass轮船lúnchuán · steamship

FAQs

航行 (hángxíng) means “to sail” or “to fly”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hángxíng: háng 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.
Yes. 航行 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hangxing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 航行 from the suggestions. Typing hangxing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
航行 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

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.