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.

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The right half of a crossroadsSemantic
The left half of a crossroadsSemantic

Words with 行

行客

xíng kè

visitor

逐行

zhú háng

line by line (translation, scanning etc)

逐行

zhú xíng

progressive

逐行扫描

zhú háng sǎo miáo

line by line scanning

通用串行总线

tōng yòng chuàn xíng zǒng xiàn

(computing) Universal Serial Bus; USB

通行

tōng xíng

to go through; to pass through

通行无阻

tōng xíng wú zǔ

unobstructed passage

通行税

tōng xíng shuì

toll

通行证

tōng xíng zhèng

a pass (authority to enter)

颁行

bān xíng

issue for enforcement

进行

jìn xíng

(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway

进行性

jìn xíng xìng

progressive

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