急行

急行

Chinese

		hurried; worried	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional
simp. and trad. (急行)		急	行

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: jíxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyishyng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Verb

急行

1. (literary) to walk hurriedly
2. (literary) to start doing something immediately

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (急行):

• → Japanese: 急 (きゅう)行 (こう) (kyūkō)
• → Korean: 급행 (急行, geuphaeng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
急	行
きゅう Grade: 3	こう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

急行 (hiragana きゅうこう, rōmaji kyūkō, historical hiragana きふかう)

1. express (quick mode of transportation, particularly of trains)

   オリエント急 (きゅう)行 (こう)の殺人 (さつじん)

   Oriento Kyūkō no Satsujin

   Murder on the Orient Express

Coordinate terms

• 特 (とっ)急 (きゅう) (tokkyū), 特別急行 (とくべつきゅうこう) (tokubetsu kyūkō): limited express
• 超 (ちょう)特 (とっ)急 (きゅう) (chōtokkyū): super express

Derived terms

• 特別急行 (とくべつきゅうこう) (tokubetsu kyūkō): limited express