(xíng) - OK, all right, capable; to walk in Mandarin
xíngTraditional: 行
Translation
OK, all right, capable; to walk
Word origin
The character 行 (xíng) 'to walk, to go, OK' is a pictograph of a crossroads or junction of paths, hence the senses of walking, going, and a road.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- depicts a crossroads or junction of paths
Stroke order
行
Examples
？
Is this OK?
，。
All right, it's settled.
。
He walked for two hours.
？
Is it alright to go to the cinema tomorrow?
。
This method will not work.
行 (xíng) - OK, all right, capable; to walk.
Where this fits
Appears in 9 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 行.
Used in
Stories
(1)Grammar articles
(12)The Mandarin 把 (bǎ) Construction: Fronting the Object to Say What You Did To It
The Mandarin 被 (bèi) Passive: Saying Something Was Done To the Subject
不但...而且 in Mandarin: Not Only A But Also B (不仅, 还, 也, 并且)
Mandarin Causatives 使 (shǐ), 令 (lìng) and 让 (ràng): Making Someone Feel or Do Something
Figurative Directional Complements in Mandarin: 起来, 下去 and 出来 Beyond Up, Down and Out
The Spoken Passives 让 (ràng), 叫 (jiào) and 给 (gěi): What People Say Instead of 被
Mandarin Potential Complements: Can You Reach the Result? (吃得完, 听不懂, 买不起)
Mandarin Sentence-Final Particles: 吧, 呢, 啊, 嘛, 吗 and the Final 了
Mandarin 性 (xìng) and 化 (huà): Building Abstract Nouns and '-ise' Verbs
又 (yòu) vs 再 (zài) vs 还 (hái) in Mandarin: The Three Ways to Say 'Again'
The Mandarin 于 (yú) Family: 对于, 关于, 由于, 至于, 属于, 位于, 终于
The Mandarin 者 (zhě) Suffix: 作者, 读者, 前者, and Naming the One Who Does It
Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Go to my review queueMandarin · Free printables
行: worksheet, infographic and listicle
Free printable study downloads for the Mandarin word "行" (OK, all right, capable; to walk): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.
Free for members
The printable worksheets, infographics and PDFs are free with an account. Start a free week and download as many as you like.
Start your free weekThis word is part of lesson 7.