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Pedestrian in Chinese: 行人 (xíng rén)

xíng rén

pedestrian

HSK 3.0 Level 22 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1pedestrian
  2. 2traveler on foot
  3. 3passer-by
  4. 4official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor

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行
人

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄥˊ

xíng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄖㄣˊ

rén

ㄖ/ rㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 我的母亲经常让行人吃耳光。

    wǒ de mǔ qīn jīng cháng ràng xíng rén chī ěr guāng。

    My mother often slaps passers-by.

  • 当时正是早高峰，来来往往的行人和车辆很多。

    dāng shí zhèng shì zǎo gāo fēng， lái lái wǎng wǎng de xíng rén hé chē liàng hěn duō。

    It was the morning rush hour, and there were a lot of passing pedestrians and cars.

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Related words

人

rén

person

行

xíng

to walk

男人

nán rén

a man

女人

nǚ rén

woman

别人

bié ren

other people

举行

jǔ xíng

to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)

客人

kè rén

visitor

银行

yín háng

bank

进行

jìn xíng

to advance

流行

liú xíng

(of a contagious disease etc) to spread

敌人

dí rén

enemy

个人

gè rén

individual

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