Meaning of 排行榜
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- the charts (of best-sellers)
- table of ranking
How to use 排行榜
排行榜 is used for any ranked list, such as music charts, best-seller lists, app rankings, or lists of the richest people. It often follows the topic it ranks, as in 音乐排行榜 (yīnyuè páihángbǎng, music charts). Example: 这首歌上了排行榜第一名。(Zhè shǒu gē shàng le páihángbǎng dì yī míng.) This song reached number one on the charts.
Break it into three parts: 排 (pái) means to line up, 行 (háng) means a row or rank, and 榜 (bǎng) is a posted list. Picture names lined up in rows on a public board, and you have a ranking chart.
Common mistake: Learners often read 行 here as xíng, as in 旅行 (lǚxíng) or 行动 (xíngdòng). In 排行榜 it is háng, the same reading as in 银行 (yínháng), because it means a row or rank.
Stroke order for each character
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排 pái · to arrange in order · 11 strokes
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行 xíng · to walk · 6 strokes
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榜 bǎng · placard · 14 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 排行榜.
| 不行 | bùxíng | won't do; be out of the question |
| 进行 | jìnxíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out |
| 行动 | xíngdòng | operation; action |
| 行为 | xíngwéi | action; conduct; behavior; activity |
| 银行 | yínháng | bank |
| 旅行 | lǚxíng | to travel; journey; trip |
| 举行 | jǔxíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 流行 | liúxíng | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) |
| 自行车 | zìxíngchē | bicycle; bike |
| 排队 | páiduì | to line up |
| 行人 | xíngrén | pedestrian; traveler on foot |
| 排球 | páiqiú | volleyball |
Questions about 排行榜
What does 排行榜 mean?
排行榜 (páihángbǎng) means "the charts (of best-sellers); table of ranking" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 排行榜?
排行榜 is made of 3 characters: 排 (11 strokes), 行 (6 strokes), 榜 (14 strokes). That is 31 strokes in total.
Is 排行榜 an HSK word?
Yes. 排行榜 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What verbs go with 排行榜?
Common ones are 上排行榜 (shàng páihángbǎng, to make the chart), 登上排行榜 (dēngshàng, to climb onto the chart), and 在排行榜上排第几 (to rank at a certain place on the chart). To say something tops the list, use 排行榜第一 or 榜首 (bǎngshǒu).
Can 排行 be used without 榜?
Yes. 排行 alone can mean ranking, and in family talk it means birth order, as in 你在家里排行老几？ (Nǐ zài jiā lǐ páiháng lǎo jǐ?) Where are you in the birth order of your family? Adding 榜 makes it specifically a published list or chart.