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送行

sòngxíng

to see someone off

Colleagues wave goodbye to a departing friend at a train platform
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Characters in this word

送 sòng

Strokes
9
Radical
辶 — to walk
Made of
辶 to walk 关 frontier pass
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

行 xíng

Strokes
6
Radical
行 — to go, to walk, to move
Made of
彳 to step with the left foot 亍 to take small steps
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 同事们特意提前下班,为即将调往西部的项目经理送行。 Tóngshìmen tèyì tíqián xiàbān, wèi jíjiāng diàowǎng xībù de xiàngmù jīnglǐ sòngxíng. The colleagues deliberately left work early to see off the project manager who was about to be transferred to the west.
  • 明天早上我去车站给你送行。 Míngtiān zǎoshang wǒ qù chēzhàn gěi nǐ sòngxíng. Tomorrow morning I'll come to the station to see you off.
  • 全班同学都到火车站为她送行。 Quánbān tóngxué dōu dào huǒchēzhàn wèi tā sòngxíng. The whole class went to the train station to see her off.

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