Chinese Word of the Day
行人xíng rén
pedestrian
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 行人 | xíngrén | |
| 1. n. one who walks; pedestrian; foot passenger; passerby | ||
| 注意 行人。 - Watch for pedestrians. | ||
| 2. n. (literary) traveller on foot, or person who goes out to battle (i.e. one who goes on an military expedition) | ||
| 3. n. (historical) envoy; messenger | ||
| 4. n. (historical) official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor | ||
| 5. n. (obsolete) matchmaker | ||
| 6. v. (Cantonese) to go away | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| pedestrian | ||
| 1. 行人 | ||
| Components | ||
| 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. behaviour; conduct | ||
| 23. skill from monk training | ||
| 道行héng (dàohéng) - monk training | ||
| 24. order; rank | ||
| 25. Used in 樹行子 (row of trees) | ||
| 人 | rén | |
| 1. man; person; people | ||
| 人類 (rénlèi) - humans | ||
| 那 人 是 誰？ (Nà rén shì shéi?) - Who is that person? | ||
| 嗰個 人jan4-2 係 邊個 嚟 㗎？ - Who is that person? | ||
| 有人 敲門 了。 (Yǒurén qiāomén le.) - Someone knocked on the door. | ||
| 2. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er | ||
| 主持人 (zhǔchírén) - host | ||
| 北京人 (Běijīngrén) - Beijinger | ||
| 香港人 - Hongkonger | ||
| 3. body | ||
| 人 在 心 不 在 (rén zài xīn bù zài) - the body is here but the heart is not | ||
| 這 兩 天 人 不大 舒服。 (Zhè liǎng tiān rén bùdà shūfú.) - I lit. the body haven't been feeling that well these few days. | ||
| 今天 上午 你 人 在 哪？ (Jīntiān shàngwǔ nǐ rén zài nǎ?) - Where have you been this morning? | ||
| 4. everybody; everyone | ||
| 人手.一冊 (rénshǒu yīcè) - It's a bestseller. (lit. Everyone has a copy.) | ||
| 人所共知 (rénsuǒgòngzhī) - common knowledge | ||
| 5. other people; others | ||
| 人云.亦云 (rényún yìyún) - to follow the crowd (lit. to say what others say) | ||
| 害人害己 (hàirénhàijǐ) - to harm others and onself | ||
| 6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality | ||
| 就我所知，他 人 不錯。 (Jiùwǒsuǒzhī, tā rén bùcuò.) - As far as I know, he is kind (lit. his personality is not bad). | ||
| 我 不 知道 他 是 什麼 人。 (Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme rén.) - I don't know what kind of person he is. | ||
| 佢 到底 係 咩 人 嚟㗎？ - Exactly what kind of person is he? | ||
| 7. manpower; worker; employee | ||
| 我們 公司 正 缺 人。 (Wǒmen gōngsī zhèng quē rén.) - Our company is short on manpower right now. | ||
| 8. talent; person of talent | ||
| 9. (obsolete) common people; commoner | ||
| 10. adult; grown-up | ||
| 長zhǎng大 成人 (zhǎngdà chéng'rén) - to grow up to be an adult | ||
| 11. (Cantonese) (used as a dummy pronoun); someone; others | ||
| 12. (Zhao'an Hakka) pluralizes a personal pronoun | ||
| ?人、你人、佢人 (ngài ngìn, ngì ngìn, kì ngìn) - we, you all, they | ||
| 13. (obsolete) sexual intercourse | ||
| 人道 (réndào) - sexual intercourse | ||
| 人事 (rénshì) - sexual intercourse | ||
| 14. (obsolete) company; companion; friend | ||
| 15. artificial; man-made | ||
| 人禍 (rénhuò) - human disaster | ||
| 16. (obsolete) human affairs; ways of the world | ||
| 17. (obsolete) mortal world; earthly word | ||
| 18. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (kernel, tr=rén) | ||
| 19. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (charity, tr=rén) | ||
| 20. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (loving; kind, tr=rén) | ||
| 21. (Beijing) Lenition of rénjia. | ||
| 別 磨蹭ceng 啦，人 在zǎi 外頭tou 等 著着zhe 我們 呢！ (Bié móceng la, rén zǎi wàitou děng zhe wǒmen ne!) - Stop dilly-dallying. He/She/They is/are waiting for us outside!, M-UIB | ||
| 哎呀，人 孩子zi 考上shang 哈佛 大學 啦，多 出息xi 呀！ (Āiya, rén háizi kǎoshang Hāfó Dàxué la, duō chūxi ya!) - Geez, his/her/their kid got into Harvard University. How promising!, M-UIB | ||
| 人 別人ren 都 不 吱zī聲sheng兒r，就 他 把 這zhèi 事兒r 給 說 出chu來lai 了。 - , M-UIB, Rén biéren dōu bù zīshengr, jiù tā bǎ zhèi shìr gěi shuō chulai le. | ||
| 22. (Taishanese) paternal grandmother | ||
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Pronunciation
xíng rén
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