行
xíng
(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel
(literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon
left road (彳) + right road (亍) = walking, moving, doing
彳 is the left half of a crossroads and 亍 is the right half — together they form the original pictograph of an intersection, the place where people walk and move. From that image of motion through a crossing, 行 extended to cover all kinds of going, doing, and conduct.
你一个人去行吗？
nǐ yī gè rén qù xíng ma？
Is it OK for you to go alone?
这个方法行，我们就这样做吧。
zhè ge fāng fǎ xíng，wǒ men jiù zhè yàng zuò ba。
This method will work; let's just do it this way.
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