行動

See also: 行动

Chinese

		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	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
Min Dong (BUC): hèng-dông
Min Nan (POJ): hêng-tǒng / hêng-tōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xíngdòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngdonq
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hang⁴ dung⁶
  - Yale: hàhng duhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ dung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ dung⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ tʊŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàng-thûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: hangˇ tung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hang² tung¹
  - IPA: /haŋ¹¹ tʰuŋ²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàng-thung
  - Hakka Romanization System: hangˇ tung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hang² tung⁴
  - IPA: /haŋ¹¹ tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hèng-dông
  - IPA ^(key): /hɛiŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t-)nouŋ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (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

to act; to take action

Noun

行動

operation; action; act (Classifier: 個／个 m)
採取行動 / 采取行动 ― cǎiqǔ xíngdòng ― to take action

Adjective

行動

mobile; portable

Derived terms

行動電話／行动电话 (xíngdòng diànhuà)

Adverb

行動

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

Synonyms

動不動／动不动 (dòngbùdòng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (行動):

→ Japanese: 行 (こう)動 (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
Min Nan (POJ): kiâⁿ-tāng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xíngdòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngdonq
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hang⁴ dung⁶
  - Yale: hàhng duhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ dung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ dung⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ tʊŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàng-thûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: hangˇ tung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hang² tung¹
  - IPA: /haŋ¹¹ tʰuŋ²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàng-thung
  - Hakka Romanization System: hangˇ tung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hang² tung⁴
  - IPA: /haŋ¹¹ tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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

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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履行 (lǚxíng) (literary)
步行 (bùxíng)
步輦 (Min Nan)
行步 (xíngbù) (literary)

行走 (xíngzǒu)
行路 (Cantonese, Min Nan, Hakka)
走動／走动 (zǒudòng)
走路 (zǒulù)

Japanese

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

Noun

行動 (hiragana こうどう, rōmaji kōdō)

action; behavior

Verb

行動する (hiragana こうどうする, rōmaji kōdō suru)

to act

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	行動し	こうどうし	kōdō shi
Continuative (連用形)	行動し	こうどうし	kōdō shi
Terminal (終止形)	行動する	こうどうする	kōdō suru
Attributive (連体形)	行動する	こうどうする	kōdō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	行動すれ	こうどうすれ	kōdō sure
Imperative (命令形)	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

Korean

Hanja in this term
行	動

Noun

行動 • (haengdong) (hangeul 행동)

Hanja form^? of 행동 (“action”).