行: to go | profession

 

行 xíng

adjective | idiomatic expression | radical 144
: to go; to walk
: to do; to perform; capable; competent; effective
: all right; OK!

行 háng

measure word | radical
: a row; series
: profession; business firm

Kun Reading

行き | いき iki OR ゆき yuki

noun
: bound for …
: (Noun) going (to)

行く | いく iku OR ゆく yuku

Godan verb – iku/yuku special class | intransitive verb
: to go
: to proceed; to take place
: (Auxiliary verb) to continue

行なう | おこなう okonau

Godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

 Usage:

行動[动] xing2dong4: operation; action; to move; mobile
[こうどう koudou: action; conduct; behavior; mobilization]

行李 xing2li: luggage
[こうり kouri: portmanteau; luggage]

行為[为] xing2wei2: action; conduct; behavior; activity
[こうい koui: act; deed; conduct]

行房 xing2fang2: euphemism for sexual intercourse; to go to bed with sb

行政 xing2zheng4: administrative; executive (adjective)
[ぎょうせい gyousei: administration]

行人 xing2ren2: pedestrian; traveler on foot; passer-by; official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor [ぎょうじ gyouji: event; function]

行星 xing2xing1: planet

不行 bu4xing2: won’t do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable

進[进]行 jin4xing2: to advance; to conduct; underway; in progress; to do; to carry out; to carry on; to execute
[しんこう shinkou: advance; progress]

旅行 lü3xing2: trip; vacation [りょこう ryoukou: travel; trip]

舉[举]行 ju3xing2: to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)

執[执]行 zhi2xing2: to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run
[しっこう shikkou: execution; performance; service]

實[实]行 shi2xing2: to implement; to carry out; to put into practice

流行 liu2xing2: to spread; to rage (of contagious disease); popular; fashionable; prevalent; (math.) manifold
[りゅうこう ryuukou OR はやり hayari: fashion; fad; vogue; craze; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)]

流行音樂[乐] liu2 xing2 yin1 yue4: pop music
[流行歌 | りゅうこうか ryuukouka OR はやりうた hayariuta: popular song] 流行病 liu2 xing2 bing4: epidemic
[りゅうこうびょう ryuukoubyou OR はやりやまい hayariyamai] 流行語[语] liu2 xing2 yu3: popular jargon; catchword
[りゅうこうご ryuukougo: buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase/word in fashion]

醜[丑]行 chou3xing2: scandal
[しゅうこう shuukou: disgraceful (scandalous) conduct; shameful behavior]

自行車[车] zi4 xing2 che1: bicycle [自転車 | じてんしゃ jitensha]

行列 hang2lie4: ranks; procession
[ぎょうれつ gyouretsu: line; procession; matrix (maths)]

行業[业] hang2ye4: industry; business

行號[号] hang2hao4: (registered) company

行商 hang2shang1: traveling salesman; itinerant trader; hawker; peddler
[ぎょうしょう gyoushou: monger; peddler]

行家 hang2jia1: connoisseur; expert; veteran

銀[银]行 yin2hang2: bank [ぎんこう ginkou]

內[内]行 nei4hang2: expert; adept; experienced; an expert; a professional

外行 wai4hang2: layman; amateur

同行 tong2hang2: person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry
[どうこう doukou: accompanying; traveling together]

央行 yang1hang2: central bank; abbr for various central banks

排行榜 pai2 hang2 bang3: the charts (of best-sellers); table of ranking

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語
行ける | いける ikeru
: (colloquialism) to be good (at); to go well
: to look (taste, etc.) good

行けない | いけない ikenai OR 行けません | いけません ikemasen
: wrong; not good; of no use
: hopeless; past hope
: must not do

旨く行かない OR 上手く行かない | うまくいかない umaku ikanai: unsuccessful; going badly

行って来る | いってくる ittekuru
: I’m off; see you later
: to go (and then come back): to come and go

行ってらっしゃい | いってらっしゃい itterasshai
: have a good day; take care; see you

行って来ます | いってきます ittekimasu
: I’m off; see you later

行会う | ゆきあう yukiau OR いきあう ikiau
: to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon

行く先先 | ゆくさきざき yukusakizaki OR いくさきざき ikusakizaki
: everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes

行く様に勧める | いくようにすすめる ikuyou ni susumeru
to encourage someone to go

見に行く | みにいく miniiku: to go to see (something, someone); to visit

あっち行け | あっちいけ acchi ike
: get away from me!

百鬼夜行 | ひゃっきやこう hyakki yakou OR ひゃっきやぎょう hyakki yagyou
: many monsters, spirits, etc. forming a line and walking through the night
: veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about presenting a most scandalous sight

*行間を読む | ぎょうかんをよむ gyouka no yomu
: to read between the lines

満足が行く | まんぞくがいく manzoku gaiku
: to be satisfied

そうは行かない | そうはいかない sou wa ikanai
: not a chance; you wish!; that’s not going to happen; that won’t work

人生行路難し | じんせいこうろかたし jinsei kouro katashi: Life is not easy

二進も三進も行かない | にっちもさっちもいかない nicchi mo sacchi mo ikanai
: being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place

悪事千里を行く | あくじせんりをいく akuji senri o iku
: bad news travels fast

Chinese chengyu 成語 | idiom | proverb
行不從徑[从径] xing2 bu4 cong2 jing4
: lit. not following the straight path: fig. looking for a shortcut to get ahead in work or study

行不由徑[径] xing2 bu4 you2 jing4
: lit. never taking a short-cut: fig. upright and honest

行雲[云]流水 xing2 yun2 liu2 shui3
: lit. moving clouds and flowing water: fig. natural and unforced
[こううんりゅうすい kouun ryuusui: (metaphorically) floating with the tide]

一言一行 yi1 yan2 yi1 xing2: every word and action
[いちげんいっこう ichi gen ikkou: just a word or an act]

各行各業[业] ge4 hang2 ge4 ye4
: every trade; all professions; all walks of life

*字裡行間 [字里行间] zi4 li3 hang2 jian1
: between the words and the lines: implied meaning; connotations: reading between the lines

禍不單行 [祸不单行] huo4 bu4 dan1 xing2
: misfortune does not come singly: when it rains, it pours

蝸[蜗]行牛步 wo1 xing2 niu2 bu4
: lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox: fig. to move at a snail’s pace; to make slow progress

身體[体]力行 shen1 ti3 li4 xing2: to practice what one preaches

行行出狀[状]元 hang2 hang2 chu1 zhuang4 yuan2
: lit. in every trade, a master appears: fig. You can produce outstanding achievements in any task, provided you put it enough love and diligence

三思而後[后]行 san1 si1 er2 hou4 xing2
: think again and again before acting: consider carefully in advance

三人行，必有我師[师] san1 ren2 xing2 , bi4 you3 wo3 shi1
lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius); you have something to learn from everyone

千里之行，始於[于]足下 qian1 li3 zhi1 xing2 , shi3 yu2 zu2 xia4
: lit. a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step: fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one

好學近乎知，力行近乎仁，知恥近乎勇
hao4 xue2 jin4 hu5 zhi1 , li4 xing2 jin4 hu5 ren2 , zhi1 chi3 jin4 hu5 yong3
: to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know shame is akin to courage (Confucius)

師父領進門，修行在個人 [师父领进门，修行在个人] shi1 fu5 ling3 jin4 men2 , xiu1 xing2 zai4 ge4 ren2
: the master (teacher) leads you to the door, the rest is up to you; you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink

內行看門道，外行看熱鬧 [内行看门道，外行看热闹] nei4 hang2 kan4 men2 dao5 , wai4 hang2 kan4 re4 nao5
: the connoisseur sees the artistry, the layman simply enjoys the show

兵馬未動，糧草先行 [兵马未动，粮草先行] bing1 ma3 wei4 dong4 , liang2 cao3 xian1 xing2
: before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first: logistics comes before military maneuvers; an army marches on its stomach

男怕入錯[错]行，女怕嫁錯[错]郎 nan2 pa4 ru4 cuo4 hang2 , nü3 pa4 jia4 cuo4 lang2
: men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (proverb)

行不更名，坐不改姓 xing2 bu4 geng1 ming2 , zuo4 bu4 gai3 xing4
: I am who I am (and I’m not ashamed): fig. to be proud of one’s name and stand by one’s actions (alternately can be seen as obstinate)

行萬里路勝讀萬捲書 [行万里路胜读万卷书] xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 sheng4 du2 wan4 juan3 shu1
to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books