行藏

Chinese

		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	storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate
trad. (行藏)		行	藏
simp. #(行藏)		行	藏
Literally: “proceeding and hiding”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngcáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄘㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngcáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄘㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngcáng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-tsʻang²
    • Yale: syíng-tsáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngtsarng
    • Palladius: синцан (sincan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵/

Noun

行藏

1. whereabouts

   • 那晚陸菲青心想行藏已露，此地不可再居，決定留書告別。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     那晚陆菲青心想行藏已露，此地不可再居，决定留书告别。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1955, 金庸 (Jin Yong), 《書劍恩仇錄》 (The Book and the Sword)

     Nà wǎn Lù Fēiqīng xīnxiǎng xíngcáng yǐ lù, cǐ dì bùkě zài jū, juédìng liúshū gàobié. [Pinyin]

     That night, Lu Feiqing thought to himself: my whereabouts have been compromised; I cannot stay here any longer; and resolved to leave a letter in parting.