HSK 6 · Society

行政 xíngzhèng “administration” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 行政 means

  1. administration
  2. administrative
  3. (attributive) administrative
  4. executive

How to say 行政

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale行xíng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale政zhèng4th tone, falling

行政 in a sentence

  1. 谁是行政助理？

    Shéi shì xíngzhèng zhùlǐ?

    Who is the administrative assistant?

    Sentence #780395 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我认识了这位行政长官。

    Wǒ rènshi le zhè wèi xíngzhèng zhǎngguān.

    I got to know the chief executive.

    Sentence #804580 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 行政 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).

The character 政 (zhèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
政zhèngpolitical
  • 正straight · zhēngSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 正 (zhēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhèng.

How to write 行政

行 6 strokes · 政 9 strokes

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

Words related to 行政

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

Words with 政

政府zhèngfǔ · government政治zhèngzhì · politics财政cáizhèng · public finance政策zhèngcè · policy政权zhèngquán · political power

More words: Society & Law

消防xiāofáng · firefighting协会xiéhuì · association袭击xíjī · to attack刑事xíngshì · criminal (law)凶手xiōngshǒu · murderer习俗xísú · custom选举xuǎnjǔ · to elect宣誓xuānshì · to take an oath

FAQs

行政 (xíngzhèng) means “administration” or “administrative”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xíngzhèng: xíng with a 2nd tone, then zhèng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 行政 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xingzheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 行政 from the suggestions. Typing xingzheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
行政 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.