HSK 4 · Society

举行 jǔxíng “to hold (a meeting” in Chinese

Traditional 舉行

What 举行 means

  1. to hold (a meeting, ceremony or event)
  2. to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)

How to say 举行

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale举jǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale行xíng2nd tone, rising

举行 in a sentence

  1. 婚礼在哪儿举行？

    Hūnlǐ zài nǎr jǔxíng?

    Where is the wedding being held?

    Sentence #811017 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 每隔四年，奥运会举行一次。

    Měi gé sì nián, Àoyùnhuì jǔxíng yí cì.

    The Olympic Games are held every four years.

    Sentence #334993 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 运动会要延期举行。

    Yùndònghuì yào yánqī jǔxíng.

    The sports day is going to be postponed.

    Sentence #5613663 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 举行 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 举 (jǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
举jǔto lift
  • 兴to thrive · xīng
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 舉 () hints at the sound. Compare it with jǔ.

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 举行

举 9 strokes · 行 6 strokes

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

Words related to 举行

Words with 举

举jǔ · to lift举办jǔbàn · to conduct列举lièjǔ · to list选举xuǎnjǔ · to elect举动jǔdòng · act举足轻重jǔzúqīngzhòng · to play a decisive role举世瞩目jǔshìzhǔmù · to attract worldwide attention一举两得yìjǔliǎngdé · to kill two birds with one stone

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旅行lǚxíng · to travel

More words: School, Work & Culture

爱好àihào · hobby规定guīdìng · to stipulate国籍guójí · nationality京剧Jīngjù · Beijing opera聚会jùhuì · party民族mínzú · nationality社会shèhuì · society艺术yìshù · art

FAQs

举行 (jǔxíng) means “to hold (a meeting, ceremony or event)” or “to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jǔxíng: jǔ with a 3rd 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, 举行 is written 舉行. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type juxing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 举行 from the suggestions. Typing juxing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
举行 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.