閒行

See also: 闲行

Chinese

		idle; interstice; separate	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional
trad. (閒行/閑行)		閒/閑	行
simp. (闲行)		闲	行

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiánxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haan⁴ hang⁴
Min Nan (POJ): êng-hēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiánxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshyng
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haan⁴ hang⁴
  - Yale: hàahn hàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haan⁴ hang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: han⁴ heng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /häːn²¹ hɐŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: êng-hēng
  - Tâi-lô: îng-hīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: engheng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ¹³⁻²² hiɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ³³/

Verb

閒行

(archaic) to walk around aimlessly
- 三人鬱鬱不樂，上街閒行，正值郎中張鈞車到。 [MSC, trad.]
  三人郁郁不乐，上街闲行，正值郎中张钧车到。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: Luo Guanzhong (羅貫中), Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義), Chapter 2
  Sān rén yùyùbùlè, shàngjiē xiánxíng, zhèngzhí lángzhōng Zhāng Jūn chē dào. [Pinyin]
  The three of them were depressed, and were wandering aimlessly about the streets of town, when commander Zhang Jun's chariot arrived.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 閒行 – see 間行 (“to take a shortcut; to cut corners; to do something in secret”). (This term, 閒行, is a variant form of 間行.)

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