Chinese symbol for “administration”
行政
xíng zhèng
administration; (attributive) administrative; executive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for administration is 行政 (xíng zhèng), defined as: administration; (attributive) administrative; executive.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “administration”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 施政 | shī zhèng | administration |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 行政部门 (行政部門) | xíng zhèng bù mén | administrative department; administration |
| 文职 (文職) | wén zhí | civilian post (as opposed to military); civil service |
| 行政管理 | xíng zhèng guǎn lǐ | administration; administrative management |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 行政.
| 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) |
| 行为 (行為) | xíng wéi | action; conduct; behavior; activity |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
| 银行 (銀行) | yín háng | bank; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè) |
| 政府 | zhèng fǔ | government; 个 (gè) |
| 政治 | zhèng zhì | politics; political |
| 政策 | zhèng cè | policy; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “administration”.
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.