风行 (fēng xíng) — to be in fashion, to be popular

Definition

Literary/advertising-style adjective for a style or trend sweeping through a group — 'in vogue, all the rage'. Stronger and more written than 流行, which is the neutral everyday word.

adjective
to be in fashionto be popular

Examples

  • 风行。
    Zhè zhǒng fēng gé zài nián qīng rén zhōng shí fēn fēng xíng.
    This style is very popular among young people.
  • 风行。
    Zhè kuǎn yóu xì céng jīng fēng xíng yì shí.
    This game was once all the rage.
  • ，风行。
    Jīn nián xià tiān, bái sè chèn shān fēng xíng quán chéng.
    This summer, white shirts are in fashion all over the city.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

风fēngwind
行xíngmove

风 moves, so something that 风行 spreads quickly and becomes popular.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 风 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 彳彳chì
  • 亍亍chù

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.

Open 行 →

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