HSK 1 · Core verbs

行

xíng

OK; to be all right

Stroke order of 行

行 is written with 6 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

行 pictures a crossroad, a path you can walk, so it is okay to go ahead.

Parts: 彳 left step + 亍 right step

Example sentence

明天去，行吗？

Is it OK to go tomorrow?

Words with 行

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 行动action; to act 行为behaviour 旅行社travel agency 行李luggage 飞行to fly; flight 实行to implement 行李箱suitcase

More words: Core verbs

是to be (am / is / are)有to have; there is 在at; in; to be (located)要to want; will 会can; know how to; will 能can; be able to 给to give; for 送to give (as a gift); to see off 得到to get; to receive 用to use

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