航
行

To sail in Chinese: 航行 (háng xíng)

háng xíng

to sail

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to sail
  2. 2to fly
  3. 3to navigate

Stroke order

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航
行

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄤˊ

háng

ㄏ/ hㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

ㄒㄧㄥˊ

xíng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 这艘大船正在海上安全地航行。

    zhè sōu dà chuán zhèng zài hǎi shàng ān quán dì háng xíng。

    This big ship is sailing safely across the sea.

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Related words

行

xíng

to walk

举行

jǔ xíng

to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)

银行

yín háng

bank

航班

háng bān

(scheduled) flight

进行

jìn xíng

to advance

流行

liú xíng

(of a contagious disease etc) to spread

实行

shí xíng

to implement

行动

xíng dòng

operation

行人

xíng rén

pedestrian

行为

xíng wéi

action

行业

háng yè

trade

执行

zhí xíng

to implement

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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