行 (háng) — (noun) row; line; (noun) trade; profession; line of business; (classifier) used for rows or lines of things
Definition
As a noun, 行 means 'line/row' (the thing you stand in) and, more distinctively at HSK 5, 'trade or profession' (一行 'a line of work'). For the profession sense, 行业 names the industry as a whole; 职业 is your specific job.
noun
rowlinetradeprofessionline of business
classifier
used for rows or lines of things
Examples
- 行。Tā xiě le liǎng háng zì.He wrote two lines of characters.
- ？Tā shì gān nǎ yì háng de?What line of work is he in?
- 。Qǐng dà jiā zhàn chéng yì háng.Please stand in a row, everyone.
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