現行

See also: 现行

Chinese

		appear; present; now appear; present; now; existing; current	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
trad. (現行)		現	行
simp. (现行)		现	行

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶ hang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiān-hêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànsíng
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-hsing²
    • Yale: syàn-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannshyng
    • Palladius: сяньсин (sjanʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁶ hang⁴
    • Yale: yihn hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶ heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² hɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: hiān-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnheeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/

Adjective

現行

1. (attributive) currently in force; active; current

Noun

現行

1. being caught in the act

   抓個現行／抓个现行  ―  zhuā ge xiànxíng  ―  to catch in the act

Derived terms

• 現行法 / 现行法
• 現行犯 / 现行犯 (xiànxíngfàn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (現行):

• → Japanese: 現行(げんこう) (genkō)
• → Korean: 현행(現行) (hyeonhaeng)
• → Vietnamese: hiện hành (現行)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
現	行
げん Grade: 5	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げんこー [gèńkóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ŋko̞ː]

Noun

現(げん)行(こう) • (genkō) 

1. the present, the current, the existing, the going, the running