Chinese Word of the Day
自行车zì xíng chē
bicycle
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 自行车 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 自行車 | ||
| 自行車 | zìxíngchē | |
| 1. n. bicycle; bike | ||
| 自行車 頭盔 - bicycle helmet - | ||
| 自行車 停放架 - bicycle stand - | ||
| 騎 自行車 - to ride a bicycle - | ||
| 前輪 大 後輪 小 的 自行車 - penny farthing | ||
| 不准 停放 自行車。 - No bicycle parking. | ||
| 他 超過 了 三 輛 自行車。 - He passed three bikes. | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| bicycle | ||
| 1. 自行車 | ||
| Components | ||
| 自 | zì, zíeijing dialect | |
| 1. self, oneself; one's own | ||
| 自顧自 - each minding his own business; each for himself | ||
| 2. certainly, of course | ||
| 3. personally | ||
| 4. since; from | ||
| 自 左 而 右 - from left to right | ||
| 5. Only used in 潮州音樂——自己顧自己 | ||
| 行 | xíng | |
| 1. (literary or dialectal) to walk | ||
| 2. (Cantonese, of a vehicle) to go | ||
| 架 巴士 行 得 好 慢 - the bus goes slowly | ||
| 3. (Cantonese) to navigate | ||
| 落車\落咗車 之 後 點 行 呀？ - What do I do after I get off? | ||
| 4. (Cantonese, computing) to run | ||
| 5. to go; to move | ||
| 6. to carry out; to execute | ||
| 7. to perform (a salute) | ||
| 8. OK; good | ||
| 行，就 這麼 定 了。 (Xíng, jiù zhème dìng le.) - OK, it's a deal. | ||
| 9. to be good; to work | ||
| 我 覺得 這 方法 行。 (Wǒ juéde zhè fāngfǎ xíng.) - I think this will work. | ||
| 10. to be good (opposed to bad) (usually in negative sentences, or with (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 還)) | ||
| 我 成績 不 行。 (Wǒ chéngjì bù xíng.) - I have bad grades. | ||
| 11. to be able to do something (usually mentioned before) | ||
| 他 能 四 分鐘 跑 一 公里，我 不 行。 (Tā néng sì fēnzhōng pǎo yī gōnglǐ, wǒ bù xíng.) - He can run a kilometre within 4 minutes. I can't (do that). | ||
| 12. (often, sarcastic) remarkable | ||
| 你 真 行。 (Nǐ zhēn xíng.) - You are really something. | ||
| 可還行 (kěháixíng) - | ||
| 13. =====Usage notes===== | ||
| 14. Notice that when meaning “be able to do something”, (lang-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 行) can only be used without a complement. This is different from m-lite, zh, 能, sc=Hani, tr=néng, t=to be able to (do somet | ||
| 15. profession; industry; trade; business | ||
| 16. place for specific transaction | ||
| 銀行háng (yínháng) - bank lit. silver store | ||
| 珠寶行háng (zhūbǎoháng) - jewellery store | ||
| 17. line of objects; row | ||
| 兩 行hong4 字 - two lines of text | ||
| 18. (Mainland) row (in data tables) | ||
| Synonyms: 列 | ||
| 19. (Taiwan) column (in data tables) | ||
| Synonyms: 列 | ||
| 20. (Cantonese) Short for 行貨, tr=- | ||
| 21. (Cantonese) coarse; of poor quality; too general | ||
| 22. (zh-no-solo) behaviour; conduct | ||
| 23. skill from monk training | ||
| 道行héng (dàohéng) - monk training | ||
| 24. order; rank | ||
| 25. (zh-used in, 樹行子, row of trees) | ||
| 车 | ||
| 1. Variant of 車 | ||
| 2. Variant of 卓 | ||
| 卓 | 卓 | |
| 1. tall and erect | ||
| 2. outstanding; profound; brilliant; lofty | ||
| 車 | jū | |
| 1. (Chinese chess) chariot; rook | ||
| 2. (chess) rook | ||
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Pronunciation
zì xíng chē
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