Chinese symbol for “action”
行为
xíng wéi
Traditional: 行為
action; conduct; behavior; activity
The closest CC-CEDICT match for action is 行为 (xíng wéi), defined as: action; conduct; behavior; activity.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “action”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 动作 (動作) | dòng zuò | movement; motion; action; to act; to move |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
| 作用 | zuò yòng | to act on; to affect; action; function; activity |
| 举动 (舉動) | jǔ dòng | act; action |
| 行事 | xíng shì | to execute; to handle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 行为.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 进行 (進行) | jìn xíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 举行 (舉行) | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
| 行政 | xíng zhèng | administration; (attributive) administrative; executive |
| 银行 (銀行) | yín háng | bank; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè) |
| 因为 (因為) | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 成为 (成為) | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 认为 (認為) | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
See also: Japanese symbol for “action”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.