háng = h + ang2
row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column
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xíng = xi + (e)ng2
to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense
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How to pronounce 行

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= h initial

H is for Hamlet.

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+ ang2 final

In the anglepod’s kitchen.

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= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

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+ (e)ng2 final

In the engine’s kitchen.

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行 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
chù = chu + Ø4
step with the right foot / see 彳亍[chi4 chu4]
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chù = chu + Ø4
to step with the right foot (used in 彳亍[chi4 chu4])
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chì = ch + Ø4
step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60) / see also 彳亍[chi4 chu4]
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Characters with 行 as component

yǎn = y + an3
to spread out / to develop / to overflow / to amplify / superfluous
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xián = xi + an2
variant of 銜|衔[xian2]
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xián = xi + an2
variant of 銜|衔[xian2]
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Words with 行

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to advance / to conduct / underway / in progress / to do / to carry out / to carry on / to execute
operation / action / CL:個|个[ge4] / to move about / mobile
won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable

Sentences with 行

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háng / xíng

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