行 xíng

  1. xíng verb to walk / to move
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In this sense 行 is bound form in modern Chinese. For example, 步行 'to walk' (NCCED '行' xíng 1; ABC 'xíng' BF 2). It is an intransitive verb in literary Chinese (Kroll 2015 '行' 1). For example, 三人行，必有我師焉。 'When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers.' (Lunyu 7:22; Legge, 1861)
  2. xíng verb capable / competent
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Ability
    Notes: A stative verb (NCCED '行' xíng 10; ABC 'xíng' SV 2)
  3. háng noun profession
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '行' háng 4; ABC 'háng' 1)
  4. háng measure word line / row
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '行' háng 5)
  5. xíng noun Kangxi radical 144
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
    Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
  6. xíng verb to travel
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: A stand alone verb in literary Chinese and bound form in modern Chinese. For example, 旅行 'to tour' in modern Chinese (NCCED '行' xíng 2; ABC 'xíng' BF 2).
  7. xíng noun actions / conduct
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense, the basic sense of go is extended to conduct (Rouzer 2007, p. 15). For example, 行为 'conduct' in modern Chinese (NCCED '行' xíng 8; ABC 'xíng' BF 7). In literary Chinese it may be a stand-alone word (Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 725). For example, 父沒，觀其行 ‘when his father is dead, look at his conduct.’ (Lunyu 1:10; Legge, 1861)
  8. xíng verb to do / to act
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense, 行 is a bound form in modern Chinese. For example, 实行 'to implement' in modern Chinese (NCCED '行' xíng 7; ABC 'xíng' BF 4). In this sense, 行 is a stand-alone verb in literary Chinese (Kroll 2015 '行' xíng 2). For example, 季文子三思而後行。 'Ji Wen thought thrice, and then acted.' (Lunyu 5:20; Legge 1861)
  9. xíng verb all right / OK / okay
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
    Notes: A stative verb (NCCED '行' xíng 9; ABC 'xíng' SV 1)
  10. háng noun line
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '行' háng 1)
  11. xìng noun mental formations / saṃskāra / sankhara / that which has been put together / volition / volitional formations / conditioned states / habitual actions
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Concept: Aggregate 蕴
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: saṃskāra, Pāli: saṅkhāra; one of the five aggregates 五蕴; FGS translation standard: Mental Formations (BL 'saṃskāra'; Tzu Chuang 2012; Kroll 2015 '行' xìng)
  12. xíng noun practice / carita / caryā / conduct / behavior
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: carita or caryā, Pāli: cariyā, or Sanskrit equivalent: . The third in the four stages of practice 信解行证; FGS translation standard: Practice (BL 'carita'; BCSD '行'; Tzu Chuang 2012)
  13. héng noun virtuous deeds
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Similar in meaning to 道行 (NCCED '行' hèng; ABC hèng)
  14. hàng noun a line of trees
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Similar in meaning to 树行子 (NCCED '行'' hàng; ABC 'hàng')
  15. hàng adjective bold / steadfast
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Middle Chinese: hangH (Kroll 2015 '行' hàng)
  16. xíng verb to practice
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: FGS translation standard: practice (Tzu Chuang 2012)
  17. háng noun a path / a road
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
  18. xíng noun travel
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '行' xíng 3)
  19. xíng verb to circulate
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Economics
    Notes: In the sense of currency circulating (NCCED '行' xíng 4; ABC 'xíng' BF 3)
  20. xíng noun running script / running script
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art , Concept: Calligraphic Style 字体
    Notes: A calligraphic script (NCCED '行' xíng 5; ABC 'xíng' BF 8; Kroll 2015 '行' xíng 7)
  21. xíng adjective temporary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 行宫 'temporary residence' [for the emperor while travelling] (NCCED '行' xíng 6; ABC 'xíng' BF 5； Kroll 2015 '行' xíng 5).
  22. xíng adverb soon
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
    Notes: In modern written Chinese (NCCED '行' xíng 12; ABC 'xíng' BF 6)
  23. háng verb to rank
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In terms of seniority in a family (NCCED '行' háng 2; ABC 'háng' 2)
  24. háng noun a business / a shop
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example 典当行 'pawn shop' or 车行 'auto shop' (NCCED '行' háng 3)
  25. xíng verb to depart / to leave
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '行' xíng 6)

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