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jìn xíng

HSK 2 · word 781 of 3,000

Meaning

• (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)
• (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance

Example sentence

Characters in 进行

• 进 jìn to go forward
• 行 xíng (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel

进 to advance plus 行, to go. 行 read xíng is to go, read háng a trade — as in 银行. The pair is the formal verb for carrying a process on.

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