HSK 6 · Adjectives

可行 kěxíng “feasible” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 可行 means

  1. feasible
  2. workable

How to say 可行

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale可kě3rd 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

可行 in a sentence

  1. 他的主意总是可行的。

    Tā de zhǔyi zǒngshì kěxíng de.

    His ideas are always workable.

    Sentence #528033 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她认为计划很好，但不可行。

    Tā rènwéi jìhuà hěn hǎo, dàn bù kěxíng.

    She thought the plan was fine but impractical.

    Sentence #332931 from Tatoeba

  3. 我们得出结论，这个计划目前是不可行的。

    Wǒmen déchū jiélùn, zhè ge jìhuà mùqián shì bù kěxíng de.

    We’ve concluded that this plan isn’t feasible at the moment.

    Sentence #2915559 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 可行 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 可 (kě) with each of its parts in a different colour
可kěcan; may; able to; -able
  • 丁part of the characterMeaning part
  • 口mouth · kǒuSound part

Memory aidPicture a mouth 口 saying yes: can, may.

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 可行

可 5 strokes · 行 6 strokes

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

Words related to 可行

Words with 可

可以kěyǐ · can可能kěnéng · maybe可kě · but可爱kě'ài · cute可怜kělián · pitiful可惜kěxī · it is a pity可是kěshì · but可靠kěkào · reliable可怕kěpà · awful可见kějiàn · it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)

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: Adjectives

慷慨kāngkǎi · generous刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎn · extremely urgent可观kěguān · considerable恳切kěnqiè · earnest空洞kōngdòng · empty空前绝后kōngqiánjuéhòu · unprecedented and unrepeatable宽敞kuānchang · spacious宽容kuānróng · tolerant

FAQs

可行 (kěxíng) means “feasible” or “workable”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kěxíng: kě 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.
Yes. 可行 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kexing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 可行 from the suggestions. Typing kexing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
可行 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.