行止

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	to stop; prohibit; till
simp. and trad. (行止)		行	止

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêng-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-chih³
    • Yale: syíng-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngjyy
    • Palladius: синчжи (sinčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ zi²
    • Yale: hàhng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-chí
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengcie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹/

Noun

行止

1. (literary) whereabouts
2. (literary) moral conduct; behaviour; character

Synonyms

• (whereabouts):

• 下落 (xiàluò)
• 下項／下项 (Hokkien)
• 去向 (qùxiàng)
• 去處／去处 (qùchù)
• 所向 (suǒxiàng) (literary)
• 所在 (suǒzài)
• 著落／着落
• 行蹤／行踪 (xíngzōng)

 

• (moral conduct):

• 人品 (rénpǐn)
• 人格 (réngé)
• 品德 (pǐndé)
• 品性 (pǐnxìng)
• 品格 (pǐngé)
• 品行 (pǐnxíng)
• 品質／品质 (pǐnzhì)
• 履行 (lǚxíng) (literary)
• 持守 (chíshǒu) (literary)
• 操守 (cāoshǒu)
• 操持 (cāochí)
• 操行 (cāoxíng) (usually of a student at school)
• 誠信／诚信 (chéngxìn)
• 質地／质地 (zhìdì)
• 骨 (figurative)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (行止):

• → Vietnamese: hành chỉ (行止)