航行 meaning in English

hángxíng

to sail; to fly

HSK 7-9verb16 strokes

Meaning of 航行

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hángxíng
  1. to sail
  2. to fly
  3. to navigate

航行 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

Tom说shuō他tā在zài这zhè次cì的de航háng行xíng中zhōng读dú了le一yī本běn书shū。
Tom said he read a book about this ship.
哥gē伦lún布bù提tí出chū,向xiàng西xī航háng行xíng可kě以yǐ到dào达dá印yìn度dù。
Columbus argued that he could reach India by going west.
哥gē伦lún布bù航háng行xíng至zhì遥yáo远yuǎn的de西xī方fāng,去qù寻xún找zhǎo一yí个gè新xīn大dà陆lù。
Columbus sailed farther west to look for a new continent.
游yóu艇tǐng绕rào浮fú标biāo航háng行xíng。
The yacht sailed around a buoy.
船chuán逆nì流liú航háng行xíng。
The boat is going against the current.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

航 háng · vessel · 10 strokes

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行 xíng · to walk · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 航行.

不行bùxíngwon'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xíngdòngoperation; action
行为xíngwéiaction; conduct; behavior; activity
银行yínhángbank
旅行lǚxíngto travel; journey; trip
举行jǔxíngto 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zìxíngchēbicycle; bike
行人xíngrénpedestrian; traveler on foot
银行卡yínhángkǎbank card
飞行fēixíngto fly; flight

Questions about 航行

What does 航行 mean?

航行 (hángxíng) means "to sail; to fly" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 航行?

航行 is made of 2 characters: 航 (10 strokes), 行 (6 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 航行 an HSK word?

Yes. 航行 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.