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.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “separately”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分头 (分頭) | fēn tóu | separately; severally |
| 另 | lìng | other; another |
| 分别 (分別) | fēn bié | to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 另行.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional; in addition |
| 另一方面 | lìng yī fāng miàn | on the other hand; another aspect |
| 另类 (另類) | lìng lèi | offbeat; alternative |
| 另有 | lìng yǒu | to have some other (reason etc) |
| 另一半 | lìng yī bàn | other 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 xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 行为 (行為) | xíng wéi | action; 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.