It was the morning rush hour, and lots of pedestrians and cars were coming and going.
Sentence #3188388 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 行人 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.
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).
人rénperson; people
人 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidA person walking, seen from the side: two legs.
How to write 行人
行 6 strokes · 人 2 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 行人 (xíngrén). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
行人 (xíngrén) means “pedestrian” or “traveller on foot”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xíngrén: xíng with a 2nd tone, then rén with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 行人 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xingren with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 行人 from the suggestions. Typing xingren into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
行人 is an HSK 5 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.
行xíng2nd tone, rising
