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Chinese symbol for “parade”

游行
yóu xíng
Traditional: 遊行
to march; to parade; to demonstrate; procession; march; demonstration; to travel around; to roam

The closest CC-CEDICT match for parade is 游行 (yóu xíng), defined as: to march; to parade; to demonstrate; procession; march; demonstration; to travel around; to roam.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

游 yóu
to wander, to travel, to tour, to roam
radical 85 ⽔ · 12 strokes
行 xíng
to go, to walk, to move; professional
radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “parade”

WordPinyinMeaning
标榜 (標榜)biāo bǎngto flaunt; to advertise
搬弄bān nòngto fiddle with; to play and move sth about

Related words

Other words that share a character with 游行.

WordPinyinMeaning
游戏 (遊戲)yóu xìgame (场 (chǎng)); to play
旅游 (旅遊)lǚ yóutrip; journey
游客 (遊客)yóu kètraveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player
游泳yóu yǒngswimming; to swim
下游xià yóulower reaches (of a river); lower level
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 xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
行为 (行為)xíng wéiaction; conduct; behavior; activity

See also: Japanese symbol for “parade”.

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.