The story of 行

walk

行 depicts the intersection of two roads, the original meaning of 行 is the row, and we can also use 行 to describe some industries which are strictly regulated, when 行 is used to represent the above two meanings, its pronunciation in Putunghua is hang2. On the other hand, 行 is also used to mean walking, in this case, 行 pronounces xing2).

Vocabulary of 行

  • 銀行 (bank)
  • 步行 (on foot)
  • 第二行 (second row)

Classification

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