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.

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This word has been viewed 31986 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Jul 2013 15:19

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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 10 of 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?

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