HSK 6 · Society

盛行 shèngxíng “to be popular” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 盛行 means

  1. to be popular
  2. to be widespread
  3. to prevail
  4. to be in vogue
  5. to be prevalent

How to say 盛行

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale盛shèng4th 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

盛行 in a sentence

  1. 那习俗已经不再盛行了。

    Nà xísú yǐjīng búzài shèngxíng le.

    That custom is no longer popular.

    Sentence #1665745 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 盛行 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 盛 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
盛shèngflourishing
  • 成to accomplish · chéngSound part
  • 皿dish · mǐnMeaning part

皿 hints at the meaning (dish); 成 (chéng) hints at the sound. Compare it with shèng.

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 盛行

盛 11 strokes · 行 6 strokes

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

Words related to 盛行

Words with 盛

盛chéng · to fill (a bowl)丰盛fēngshèng · lavish昌盛chāngshèng · prosperous盛情shèngqíng · great kindness盛产shèngchǎn · to be rich in茂盛màoshèng · lush盛开shèngkāi · to be in full bloom

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: Society & Law

骚扰sāorǎo · to harass申报shēnbào · to declare审查shěnchá · to examine生效shēngxiào · to take effect审理shěnlǐ · to hear (a case)审判shěnpàn · to try (in court)社区shèqū · community释放shìfàng · to release

FAQs

盛行 (shèngxíng) means “to be popular” or “to be widespread”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shèngxíng: shèng 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.
Yes. 盛行 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shengxing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 盛行 from the suggestions. Typing shengxing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
盛行 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.