行[háng]

名

1. line; row

♦ 第三~ the third line

♦ 排成两~ fall into two lines

♦ 杨柳成~ lined with rows of willows

2. seniority among brothers and sisters

♦ 你~几？—我~三。 Where do you come among your brothers and sisters? —I'm the third.

3. trade; profession; line of business

♦ 他干哪~？What's his line?

♦ 干一~爱一~ love whatever job one takes up

4. business firm

♦ 银行

量(used to refer to anything that forms a line)

♦ 一~树 a row of trees

♦ 四~诗句 four lines of verse

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行[xíng]
动

1. 书 go; walk; travel

♦ 日~三千步 walk three thousand steps a day (for exercise)

♦ 日~百里 cover a hundred li a day

2. be current; circulate

♦ 发行

♦ 行销

3. do; perform; carry out

♦ 简便易~ simple and easy to do

4. (used before a disyllabic verb, indicating the performance of some action)

♦ 即~通知 notify sb. at once

♦ 另~安排 make separate arrangements

5. be all right; will do

♦ 咱们走着去, ~不~？ Will it be all right if we go on foot?

♦ 没有铅丝, 用绳子也~。 If there is no wire, a cord will do.

形

1. temporary; makeshift

♦ 行营

2. capable; competent

♦ 你看他干这工作~吗？ Do you think he is up to it?

♦ 不要认为只有自己才~。 Don't think you're the only capable one.