Chinese words starting with “xing”
45 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable xing. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 19 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial x · final ing · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 8
- 2nd tone 17
- 3rd tone 4
- 4th tone 16
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 行动xíng dòngHSK 2
operation; action; to move about; mobile
- 行为xíng wéiHSK 2
action; conduct; behavior; activity
- 幸福xìng fúHSK 3
happiness; happy; blessed
- 幸运xìng yùnHSK 3
fortunate; lucky; fortune; luck
- 兴奋xīng fènHSK 4
excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation
- 兴趣xìng qùHSK 4
interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
- 星期xīng qīHSK 1
week; day of the week; Sunday
- 形象xíng xiàngHSK 3
image; form; figure; visualization; vivid
- 形成xíng chéngHSK 3
to form; to take shape
- 形式xíng shìHSK 3
outer appearance; form; shape; formality
- 性格xìng géHSK 3
nature; disposition; temperament; character
- 姓名xìng míngHSK 2
surname and given name; full name
- 行李xíng liHSK 3
luggage
- 星星xīng xingHSK 2
(coll.) a star; the stars in the sky
- 形状xíng zhuàngHSK 3
form; shape
- 性别xìng biéHSK 3
gender; sex
- 星期天xīng qī tiānHSK 1
Sunday
- 行人xíng rénHSK 2
pedestrian; traveler on foot; passer-by; official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor
- 星期日xīng qī rìHSK 1
Sunday
All 45 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 行 | xíng | v,g,q,a,n | to walk; to go; to travel; a visit; temporary; makeshift; current; in circulation; to do; to perform; capable; competent; effective; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct; Taiwan pr. [xìng] for the behavior-conduct sense | |
| 2 | 性 | xìng | g,n,k | nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence | |
| 3 | 型 | xíng | k,g,n | mold; type; style; model | |
| 4 | 醒 | xǐng | v,g,vn | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 5 | 性感 | xìng gǎn | a,n | sex appeal; eroticism; sexuality; sexy | |
| 6 | 形 | xíng | g | to appear; to look; form; shape | |
| 7 | 醒来 | xǐng lái | v | to waken | |
| 8 | 姓 | xìng | v,n | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 9 | 形势 | xíng shì | n | circumstances; situation; terrain | |
| 10 | 行政 | xíng zhèng | n | administration; (attributive) administrative; executive | |
| 11 | 形容 | xíng róng | v,vn | to describe; (literary) countenance; appearance | |
| 12 | 刑事 | xíng shì | b,n | criminal; penal | |
| 13 | 行驶 | xíng shǐ | v,vn | to travel along a route (of vehicles etc) | |
| 14 | 幸好 | xìng hǎo | d | fortunately | |
| 15 | 性质 | xìng zhì | n | nature; characteristic | |
| 16 | 行程 | xíng chéng | n,v | journey; course of a journey; distance traveled; trajectory; itinerary; route; course (of history); stroke (of a piston); (Tw) (computing) process | |
| 17 | 星座 | xīng zuò | n | constellation; astrological sign | |
| 18 | 性命 | xìng mìng | n | life | |
| 19 | 行走 | xíng zǒu | v,vn | to walk | |
| 20 | 型号 | xíng hào | n | model (particular version of a manufactured article); type (product specification in terms of color, size etc) | |
| 21 | 行使 | xíng shǐ | v,vn | to exercise (a right etc) | |
| 22 | 形态 | xíng tài | n | shape; form; pattern; morphology | |
| 23 | 性能 | xìng néng | n | function; performance; behavior | |
| 24 | 幸亏 | xìng kuī | d | fortunately; luckily | |
| 25 | 兴奋剂 | xīng fèn jì | n | stimulant; doping (in athletics) | |
| 26 | 兴起 | xīng qǐ | v,vn | to rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused; to come into vogue | |
| 27 | 醒目 | xǐng mù | a | eye-grabbing (headline); striking (illustration) | |
| 28 | 兴致 | xìng zhì | n | mood; spirits; interest | |
| 29 | 性情 | xìng qíng | n | nature; temperament | |
| 30 | 姓氏 | xìng shì | n | family name | |
| 31 | 猩猩 | xīng xing | n | orangutan; (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin | |
| 32 | 幸存 | xìng cún | v,vn | to survive (a disaster) | |
| 33 | 刑法 | xíng fǎ | n | criminal law | |
| 34 | 腥 | xīng | a | fishy (smell) | |
| 35 | 醒悟 | xǐng wù | v | to come to oneself; to come to realize; to come to see the truth; to wake up to reality | |
| 36 | 行李箱 | xíng li xiāng | n | suitcase; baggage compartment; overhead bin; (car) trunk; boot | |
| 37 | 幸免 | xìng miǎn | v | to avoid (an unpleasant fate) | |
| 38 | 兴建 | xīng jiàn | v | to build; to construct | |
| 39 | 兴高采烈 | xìng gāo cǎi liè | l | happy and excited (idiom); in high spirits; in great delight | |
| 40 | 兴旺 | xīng wàng | a,an | prosperous; thriving; to prosper; to flourish | |
| 41 | 形形色色 | xíng xíng sè sè | l | all kinds of; all sorts of; every (different) kind of | |
| 42 | 形影不离 | xíng yǐng bù lí | v | inseparable (as form and shadow) | |
| 43 | 兴致勃勃 | xìng zhì bó bó | l | to become exhilarated (idiom); in high spirits; full of zest | |
| 44 | 兴隆 | xīng lóng | a,an | prosperous; thriving; flourishing | |
| 45 | 性价比 | xìng jià bǐ | cost-performance ratio |
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