盛行

Chinese

		flourishing; to hold; contain flourishing; to hold; contain; to ladle; pick up with a utensil; surname	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
simp. and trad. (盛行)		盛	行

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁶ hang⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sēng-hêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngsíng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-hsing²
    • Yale: shèng-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqshyng
    • Palladius: шэнсин (šɛnsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁶ hang⁴
    • Yale: sihng hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁶ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁶ heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²² hɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sēng-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: sīng-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sexngheeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/

Verb

盛行

1. to be current; to be in vogue; to be popular; to prevail

   盛行一時／盛行一时  ―  shèngxíng yīshí  ―  to prevail for a time; to once be popular

   中國傳統繪畫盛行至今。 [MSC, trad.]
   中国传统绘画盛行至今。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhōngguó chuántǒng huìhuà shèngxíng zhìjīn. [Pinyin]

   Traditional Chinese painting is popular to this day.

Synonyms

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• 大火 (dàhuǒ) (figurative)
• 好利路 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 時興 / 时兴 (shíxīng)
• 時行 / 时行 (shíxíng)
• 暢行 / 畅行 (chàngxíng)
• 流行 (liúxíng)
• 爆紅 / 爆红 (bàohóng) (to reach instant fame)
• 當時 / 当时 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 行時 / 行时 (xíngshí)
• 走紅 / 走红 (zǒuhóng) (colloquial)
• 風行 / 风行 (fēngxíng)
• 風靡 / 风靡 (fēngmǐ)
• 飆紅 / 飙红 (biāohóng) (to reach instant fame)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (盛行):

• → Japanese: 盛行(せいこう) (seikō)
• → Korean: 성행(盛行) (seonghaeng)