行
háng
(bound form) row; line
(bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines
Left step (彳) + right step (亍) = a road, a row, a trade
The two halves of 行 together depict a crossroads or thoroughfare — one side for each direction of travel. A row or line of things, and a trade or profession, both share the idea of an ordered path people move along.
这首诗每行有五个字。
zhè shǒu shī měi háng yǒu wǔ gè zì。
every row of this poem has five characters.
他从小就对银行这个行业很感兴趣。
tā cóng xiǎo jiù duì yín háng zhè ge háng yè hěn gǎn xìng qù。
he has been very interested in the banking trade since he was young.
Words with 行
本行
běn háng
one's line
中信银行
zhōng xìn yín háng
China CITIC Bank
行之有效
xíng zhī yǒu xiào
to be effective (idiom)
丑行
chǒu xíng
scandal
自行其是
zì xíng qí shì
to act as one thinks fit
运行
yùn xíng
(of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
经行
jīng xíng
to perform walking meditation
绕行
rào xíng
to take a circular (or circuitous) route
支行
zhī háng
subbranch of a bank
步行街
bù xíng jiē
car-free zone
行李箱
xíng li xiāng
suitcase