行在

行在

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	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
simp. and trad. (行在)		行	在
anagram		在行

Etymology

Short for 行在所, used out of hope that the northern empire would be recovered shortly and the imperial court returned to the former Song capital at Bianjing (now Kaifeng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xíngzài

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Xíngzài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyngtzay
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/

Proper noun

行在

1. (historical, euphemistic) Xingzai ("Temporary Residence"), a former nickname of Lin'an (now Hangzhou) when it was the capital of the Southern Song dynasty.

Synonyms

• See 杭州 (Hángzhōu).

Descendants

• English: Cansay, Quinsay