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Mythic Mandarin

进行 (jìn xíng): meaning and stroke order

进行 (jìn xíng) means (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway.

进行

Simplified
进行
Traditional
進行
Pinyin
jìn xíng

Stroke order of 进行

进

  • jìn to go forward; to advance
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 進

Stroke by stroke

行

  • háng (bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession
  • héng used in 道行[dao4 heng2]
  • xíng (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 进行

  1. jìn xíng Traditional 進行
    • (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway
    • (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
    • (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance

Radicals of the characters

进
Radical 辵 (Kangxi radical 162) · 7 strokes · built from 辶 and 井
行
Radical 行 (Kangxi radical 144) · 6 strokes · 彳 on the left, 亍 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

进行 in our stories

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  • 周六上午，老城区的社区中心里坐满了人，一场关于“早市该不该拆”的听证会正在进行。

    zhōuliù shàngwǔ lǎochéng qū de shèqū zhōngxīn lǐ zuòmǎn le rén yì chǎng guānyú zǎoshì gāi bù gāi chāi de tīngzhènghuì zhèngzài jìnxíng

    On Saturday morning the community centre in the old town was packed: a hearing on whether the morning market should be demolished was under way.

    From the story The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 进行

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).