HSK 2 · Meeting & staying

行动

xíng dòng

action; to act

Stroke order of 行动

2 characters, 12 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

行 · 6 strokes 动 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

The crossroads 行 combined with strength 力 under 重 weight: moving into action.

Parts: 行 walk/go (crossroads) + 动 move (云 + 力 strength)

The characters in 行动

行 xíng — OK; to be all right (6 strokes)
动 dòng — to move (6 strokes)

Example sentence

我们要马上行动。

We must act right away.

Words with 行

行OK; to be all right 旅行to travel; trip 自行车bicycle 行人pedestrian 银行bank 银行卡bank card 不行no way; won't do 举行to hold (an event)进行to carry out 流行popular; fashionable 行为behaviour 旅行社travel agency 行李luggage 飞行to fly; flight 实行to implement 行李箱suitcase

Words with 动

动to move 动作movement; action 动物animal 动物园zoo 运动sports; to exercise 感动to move (emotionally); moved 活动activity; event 自动automatic 主动on one's own initiative 动人moving; touching 生动lively; vivid 发动to start; to launch 带动to drive; to spur on 推动to push; to promote 动力driving force; motivation

More words: Meeting & staying

见到to see; to meet 见过to have seen 碰到to run into 碰见to run into 留to stay; to keep 留下to stay; to leave behind 分开to separate 占to occupy; to take up 流to flow 气air; to anger 长to grow; head; chief 当to act as; when 才only then; just 提出to put forward 提到to mention 行为behaviour

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