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
行政
xíngzhèng
administration; administrative
Characters in this word
政 zhèng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 正 straight, right, proper, correct, just, true 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 行政审批流程若过于繁琐，创新项目就可能错过市场窗口。 Xíngzhèng shěnpī liúchéng ruò guòyú fánsuǒ, chuàngxīn xiàngmù jiù kěnéng cuòguò shìchǎng chuāngkǒu. If administrative approval procedures are too cumbersome, innovative projects may miss their market window.
- 他在大学行政部门工作，负责安排会议。 Tā zài dàxué xíngzhèng bùmén gōngzuò, fùzé ānpái huìyì. He works in the university's administrative department and is responsible for arranging meetings.
- 新的行政规定让员工的工作效率提高了很多。 Xīn de xíngzhèng guīdìng ràng yuángōng de gōngzuò xiàolǜ tígāo le hěn duō. The new administrative rules greatly improved the employees' work efficiency.
Related words
- 行 xíng OK, all right; to go
- 不行 bùxíng not okay; cannot
- 进行 jìnxíng to be in progress; to carry out
- 举行 jǔxíng to hold an event
- 流行 liúxíng popular; fashionable
- 旅行 lǚxíng to travel; trip
- 行动 xíngdòng to take action
- 行人 xíngrén pedestrian
- 行为 xíngwéi behavior
- 银行 yínháng bank
- 银行卡 yínhángkǎ bank card
- 自行车 zìxíngchē bicycle