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Chinese symbol for “separately”

另行
lìng xíng
(to do sth) separately; as a separate action

The closest CC-CEDICT match for separately is 另行 (lìng xíng), defined as: (to do sth) separately; as a separate action.

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

另 lìng
another; separate, other
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
行 xíng
to go, to walk, to move; professional
radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “separately”

WordPinyinMeaning
分头 (分頭)fēn tóuseparately; severally
另lìngother; another
分别 (分別)fēn biéto part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart

Related words

Other words that share a character with 另行.

WordPinyinMeaning
另外lìng wàiadditional; in addition
另一方面lìng yī fāng miànon the other hand; another aspect
另类 (另類)lìng lèioffbeat; alternative
另有lìng yǒuto have some other (reason etc)
另一半lìng yī bànother half; (fig.) spouse
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 “separately”.

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.

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