行 (hang4 haang4 hong4 hang6 | xing2 hang2) : walk; circulate; line; trade; shop; conduct

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行

hang4 haang4 hong4 hang6

xing2 hang2

[粵] hang4 haang4 | [國] xing2
[1] [v] walk; go; travel
[2] [v] circulate; be current; prevail
[3] [v] do; act; perform; practise
[4] [國] [v] be all right; be allowed; will do
[5] [國] [adj] capable; able; competent

[粵] hong4 | [國] hang2
[1] [n, classifier] line; row
[2] [n] trade; profession; line of business
[3] [n] shop; firm; company
[4] [v] rank (of seniority among siblings)
[5] [粵] [v] set up (bed space)
[6] [粵] [n] hope; expectation

[粵] hang6 | [國] xing2
[n] conduct; behaviour; deed

1. Jyutping hang4 is literary reading, being more widely used; haang4 is colloquial and used mainly for "walk".
2. Jyutping hong4*2 (with a tone change) is often used for "shop; firm".

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This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

行

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行刺 hang4 ci3 xing2 ci4 = to assassinate; to commit a murder

行雲流水 hang4 wan4 lau4 seoi2 xing2 hang2 / yun2 / liu2 / shui3 = Unfettered and free.

行人 hang4 jan4 xing2 ren2 = passers-by, pedestrians

銀行 ngan4 hong4 yin2 hang2 = bank

行路 haang4 lou6 = to walk; to travel 粵

行星 hang4 sing1 xing2 xing1 = planet

行李 hang4 lei5 xing2 li5 = luggage, baggage

旅行 leoi5 hang4 lv3 xing2 = travel, tour

自行車 zi6 hang4 ce1 zi4 xing2 che1 = bicycle 國

行人路 hang4 jan4 lou6 = pavement; footpath; sidewalk 粵
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Showing all 39 examples containing 行

行路要小心。粵
You must be careful when walking.

我想去德國旅行。粵
I want to travel Germany.

佢晚晚都行公司粵
She goes shopping every night.
[Lit. She evening-evening also walk-company]

我覺得行公司好悶粵
I think going shopping is boring.
[Lit. I feel walk-company very-boring.]

我覺得行公司會悶死我粵
Going shopping bores me to death.
[Lit. I feel walk-company would boring die me]

行路要幾耐呀? 粵
How long will it take to walk?

我行路行到雙腳好攰。粵
I walked until my legs were tired.
[We have to repeat the verb 行 because the object 路 and the extent particle 到 are both there in the sentence.]

行開啦,煩人! 粵
Beat it, you're troublesome!

拎件行李過嚟! 粵
Bring the luggage over here!

乜你咁鮓架, 行快啲得嘛? 粵
How come you're so puny! Can't you walk slightly faster?

㨆起啲行李粵
Stack the luggage in a pile.

汽車鏟上行人路粵
The vehicle mounted the pavement.

慢慢行，唔使急。粵
No hurry, we can walk slowly.

蝸牛行得好慢。粵
Snails crawl very slowly.

我聽朝喺六點鐘開工，所以我今晚唔可以行公司粵
I‘ve got to start work at six tomorrow, so I can't go shopping tonight.
[Lit. I tomorrow morning at six o'clock start-work, therefore I this-evening cannot go-shopping]

我媽媽在銀行上班國
My mum works at a bank.

我往常都是步行去上班。國
I used to go to work on foot.

對於他這種地位的人來說, 這樣的行為是不莊重的。國
Such conduct is undignified for a person of his position.

快啲行啦，唔係就遲到㗎喇。粵
Please be quicker, otherwise it will be late.

打直第一行
first column
[note the split characters for 直行]

打橫第二行
second row
[note the split characters for 橫行]

人一世物一世,出嚟旅行乜都應該試下粵
Live the moment and enjoy life, when travelling, one should try out and experience everything.

現在流行的事物，過些時候都成為明日黃花。國
What is fashionable now will be passe after some time.

幾點進行篝火晚會呀？
When can we start tonight's bonfire?

佢住喺座山度，不知幾咁隔涉，連車都行唔到粵
He lives up on a mountain, really secluded, you can't even reach it by car.

執輸行頭，慘過敗家。粵
Missing out some great opportunities is the worst thing in the world.
[[literal] It's more miserable than squandering one's family fortunes to be the foremost among the losers.]

行山鞋價錢不菲粵
The price of hiking shoes is not cheap.

我去郵局白行咗一趟。粵
I made a futile trip to the post office.

我眼尾見到有人喺門口行過粵
I saw someone walked passed the door out from the corner of my eyes

我想等陣去銀行幫人哋入票粵
I want to go to the bank in a moment to cash a cheque.

佢頭先話畀我聽佢想等陣去銀行幫人哋入票粵
He told me he wanted to go to the bank soon to cash a cheque for someone.
[頭先 implies 10 or 20 minutes ago; contrast with 啱啱 which implies a few seconds ago.]

我等陣想去銀行幫人哋入票粵
I'll want to go to the bank to cash a cheque for someone soon.
[Shouldn't be parsed as 我等陣(我哋) but as 我等陣]

打擊罪行人人有責
We all have a part to play in combatting crime.

好聲行,吓! 粵
Walk carefully, okay!
[吓 functions as a sentence tag used here as a simple reminder. ]

佢撻住對波鞋行商場。粵
He shuffled around the mall with the backs of his sneakers trodden down.

我去嚫旅行都坐國泰。
Every time I go to travel I take Cathay Pacific.
[[粵] V-嚫 ... 都... Pattern that means every time someone does something, such and such will happen.]

打探商業情報﹐先至係佢參加旅行團嘅真正目的。粵
Spying out business secrets is the true purpose of his joining the tour.
[先至係 (to be really) is always used for emphasis.]

呢啲山路係咁𪙛𠸉㗎喇，千祈要用低波行呀。粵
You must engage low gears when you drive as these mountain roads are very uneven.

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