行動

See also: 行动

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 move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (行動)		行	動
simp. (行动)		行	动

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ dung⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hàng-thûng / hàng-thung
• Eastern Min (BUC): hèng-dông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêng-tǒng / hêng-tōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngdòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngdòng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-tung⁴
    • Yale: syíng-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngdonq
    • Palladius: синдун (sindun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ dung⁶
    • Yale: hàhng duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ tʊŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàng-thûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: hang^ˇ tung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hang² tung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /haŋ¹¹ tʰuŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàng-thung
    • Hakka Romanization System: hang^ˇ tung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hang² tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /haŋ¹¹ tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hèng-dông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛiŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t-)nouŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengdong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² tɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²²/

Note: literary.

Verb

行動

1. to act; to take action

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 行動

1. operation; action; act (Classifier: 個／个 m)

   採取行動／采取行动  ―  cǎiqǔ xíngdòng  ―  to take action

Synonyms

• 行徑／行径 (xíngjìng)
• 行為／行为 (xíngwéi)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 行動

1. mobile; portable

Synonyms

• 移動／移动 (yídòng)

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 行動

1. (usually of something undesirable) often; frequently; happening easily

Synonyms

• 動不動／动不动 (dòngbùdòng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (行動):

• → Japanese: 行動(こうどう) (kōdō)
• → Korean: 행동(行動) (haengdong)
• → Vietnamese: hành động (行動)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ dung⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hàng-thûng / hàng-thung
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiâⁿ-tāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngdòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngdòng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-tung⁴
    • Yale: syíng-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngdonq
    • Palladius: синдун (sindun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ dung⁶
    • Yale: hàhng duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ tʊŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàng-thûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: hang^ˇ tung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hang² tung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /haŋ¹¹ tʰuŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàng-thung
    • Hakka Romanization System: hang^ˇ tung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hang² tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /haŋ¹¹ tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâⁿ-tāng
    • Tâi-lô: kiânn-tāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvia'dang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiã²³⁻³³ taŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiã²⁴⁻¹¹ taŋ³³/

Note: vernacular.

Verb

行動

1. to move about; to get about; to be mobile

   行動不便／行动不便  ―  xíngdòng bùbiàn  ―  to have difficulty getting about

   拐杖的作用是幫助行動不便的人。 [MSC, trad.]
   拐杖的作用是帮助行动不便的人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Guǎizhàng de zuòyòng shì bāngzhù xíngdòng bùbiàn de rén. [Pinyin]

   The purpose of a walking stick is to assist those those with mobility issues.

Synonyms

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• 串 (literary, or in compounds)
• 履行 (lǚxíng) (literary)
• 徒步 (túbù)
• 步 (bù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 步履 (bùlǚ) (literary)
• 步行 (bùxíng)
• 步趨／步趋 (bùqū)
• 步輦／步辇 (Hokkien)
• 行步 (xíngbù) (literary)
• 行走 (xíngzǒu)
• 走動／走动 (zǒudòng)
• 走路 (zǒulù)
• 走道 (zǒudào)

 

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
行	動
こう Grade: 2	どう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

行(こう)動(どう) • (kōdō) 

1. action; behavior

Verb

行(こう)動(どう)する • (kōdō suru) suru (stem 行(こう)動(どう)し (kōdō shi), past 行(こう)動(どう)した (kōdō shita))

1. to act

Conjugation

Conjugation of "行動する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	行動し	こうどうし	kōdō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	行動し	こうどうし	kōdō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	行動する	こうどうする	kōdō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	行動する	こうどうする	kōdō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	行動すれ	こうどうすれ	kōdō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	行動せよ¹ 行動しろ²	こうどうせよ¹ こうどうしろ²	kōdō seyo¹ kōdō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	行動される	こうどうされる	kōdō sareru
Causative	行動させる 行動さす	こうどうさせる こうどうさす	kōdō saseru kōdō sasu
Potential	行動できる	こうどうできる	kōdō dekiru
Volitional	行動しよう	こうどうしよう	kōdō shiyō
Negative	行動しない	こうどうしない	kōdō shinai
Negative continuative	行動せず	こうどうせず	kōdō sezu
Formal	行動します	こうどうします	kōdō shimasu
Perfective	行動した	こうどうした	kōdō shita
Conjunctive	行動して	こうどうして	kōdō shite
Hypothetical conditional	行動すれば	こうどうすれば	kōdō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

See also

• 団体行動(だんたいこうどう) (dantai kōdō)
• 行動規範(こうどうきはん) (kōdō kihan)
• 行動半径(こうどうはんけい) (kōdō hankei)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
行	動

Noun

行動 • (haengdong) (hangeul 행동)

1. hanja form^? of 행동 (“action”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
行	動

Noun

行動

1. chữ Hán form of hành động (“action”).

Verb

行動

1. chữ Hán form of hành động (“to act”).