HSK 4 · Verbs

进行 jìnxíng “to advance” in Chinese

Traditional 進行

What 进行 means

  1. to advance
  2. to conduct
  3. (of a process etc) to proceed
  4. to be in progress
  5. to be underway
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (of people) to carry out
  • to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
  • (of an army etc) to be on the march

How to say 进行

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale进jìn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale行xíng2nd tone, rising

进行 in a sentence

  1. 你的工作进行得怎么样？

    Nǐ de gōngzuò jìnxíng de zěnmeyàng?

    How’s your work going?

    Sentence #848701 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 一切按计划进行。

    Yíqiè àn jìhuà jìnxíng.

    Everything went according to plan.

    Sentence #834506 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我们应该进行测试。

    Wǒmen yīnggāi jìnxíng cèshì.

    We should run some tests.

    Sentence #5819726 from Tatoeba

How 进行 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 进 (jìn) with each of its parts in a different colour
进jìnto go forward
  • 井well · jǐngSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 井 (jǐng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìn.

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 进行

进 7 strokes · 行 6 strokes

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

Words related to 进行

Words with 进

进jìn · to enter进来jìnlái · to come in进去jìnqù · to go in进入jìnrù · to enter促进cùjìn · to promote (an idea or cause)改进gǎijìn · to improve进步jìnbù · progress进口jìnkǒu · to import进攻jìngōng · to attack上进shàngjìn · eager to improve

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流行liúxíng · popular举行jǔxíng · to hold (a meeting旅行lǚxíng · to travel

More words: Common Verbs

交jiāo · to hand over接受jiēshòu · to accept节约jiéyuē · to economise结果jiéguǒ · result禁止jìnzhǐ · to prohibit究竟jiūjìng · to go to the bottom of a matter举jǔ · to lift举办jǔbàn · to conduct

FAQs

进行 (jìnxíng) means “to advance” or “to conduct”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jìnxíng: jìn with a 4th 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, 进行 is written 進行. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jinxing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 进行 from the suggestions. Typing jinxing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
进行 is an HSK 4 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.