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航行 hángxíng

航行 hángxíng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 航行 hángxíng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hángxíng | hang2 xing2
English translation
to sail
to fly
to navigate

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Traditional form

航行 hángxíng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 航行 hángxíng

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háng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhōu represents the meaning and kàng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

kàng

Semantic compound

zhōu

Positional decomposition

舟亢

Number of Strokes

10
háng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a street intersection.

Positional decomposition

彳亍 chì chù

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 航行 hángxíng

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zài 航行 hángxíng Zhōng 晕船 yùn chuán .

He got seasick during the voyage.

líng xiǎng , 船长 chuán zhǎng 下令 xià lìng Xiè 缆绳 lǎn shéng , 航行 hángxíng jiù 开始 kāishǐ le .

As soon as the bell rang, the captain gave orders to cast off, and the voyage began.

神舟五 háo de shǒu 载人 zài rén 航行 hángxíng jiāng 带来 dài lái 深远 shēn yuǎn de 外交 wàijiāo 效应 xiào yìng .

The first manned flight of the Shenzhou will have profound diplomatic echoes.

船长 chuán zhǎng 改变 gǎibiàn 航向 háng xiàng ,开始 kāishǐ Cháo 东航 háng .

The captain put the ship about and started to sail east.

chuán 借助于雷达 léidá zài 浓雾 nóng wù Zhōng 航行 hángxíng .

The ship, with the help of radar, sailed in thick fog.

航行 hángxíng Decomposition

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航行 hángxíng Compounds

See all 14 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 航行 hángxíng in their composition.

  • háng
    • háng
      • héng , héng , háng , háng , háng , héng , xìng , , , , , háng , , héng
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