HSK 6 · Ideas

行列 hángliè “ranks” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 行列 means

  1. ranks
  2. procession
  3. line
  4. formation
  5. array
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (fig.) ranks (as in “join the ranks of …”)

How to say 行列

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale行háng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale列liè4th tone, falling

行列 in a sentence

  1. 她也加入了志愿者的行列。

    Tā yě jiārù le zhìyuànzhě de hángliè.

    She has joined the ranks of the volunteers too.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 越来越多的人加入了跑步的行列。

    Yuèláiyuè duō de rén jiārù le pǎobù de hángliè.

    More and more people are taking up running.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 行列 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hángrow; line
  • 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 列 (liè) with each of its parts in a different colour
列lièto arrange
  • 歹death · dǎi
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

How to write 行列

行 6 strokes · 列 6 strokes

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

Words related to 行列

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 列

排列páiliè · to arrange in order列车lièchē · train列举lièjǔ · to list并列bìngliè · to stand side by side陈列chénliè · to display系列xìliè · series

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FAQs

行列 (hángliè) means “ranks” or “procession”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hángliè: háng with a 2nd tone, then liè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 行列 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hanglie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 行列 from the suggestions. Typing hanglie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
行列 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.