HSK 4 · Verbs

行 xíng “OK” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 行 means

  1. OK
  2. all right
  3. capable
  4. to walk
  5. to travel
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (bound form) to walk
  • to go
  • (bound form) temporary
  • makeshift
  • (bound form) current
  • in circulation

How to say 行

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale行xíng2nd tone, rising

行 in a sentence

  1. 行，你赢了。

    Xíng, nǐ yíng le.

    OK, you win.

    Sentence #10449478 from Tatoeba

  2. 你忙，我自己干也行。

    Nǐ máng, wǒ zìjǐ gàn yě xíng.

    You’re busy — I can do it myself.

    Sentence #3526191 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我看一下你的词典，行吗？

    Wǒ kàn yíxià nǐ de cídiǎn, xíng ma?

    Can I have a look at your dictionary?

    Sentence #7817193 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 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 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 行

行 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 行

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

More words: Common Verbs

修理xiūlǐ · to repair吸引xīyǐn · to attract相反xiāngfǎn · opposite响xiǎng · echo醒xǐng · to wake up兴奋xīngfèn · excited演出yǎnchū · to act (in a play)养成yǎngchéng · to cultivate

FAQs

行 (xíng) means “OK” or “all right”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it xíng: xíng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 行 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 行 from the suggestions. Typing xing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
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.