閒行

See also: 闲行

Chinese

Etymology 1

		idle; interstice; separate	to walk
trad. (閒行/閑行)		閒/閑	行
simp. (闲行)		闲	行

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiánxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haan⁴ hang⁴
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ain⁵ gian⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiánxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siánsíng
  - Wade–Giles: hsien²-hsing²
  - Yale: syán-syíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshyng
  - Palladius: сяньсин (sjanʹsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haan⁴ hang⁴
  - Yale: hàahn hàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haan⁴ hang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: han⁴ heng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːn²¹ hɐŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ain⁵ gian⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: âiⁿ kiâⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ãĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kĩã⁵⁵/

Note: Jieyang.

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.
(Teochew) to take a walk; to go for a stroll

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 散步 (“to take a walk; to go for a stroll”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		散步
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	遛彎兒, 拿彎兒, 繞彎兒, 轉彎兒, 溜達
	Taiwan	散步
	Chengde	溜達
	Chifeng	散步, 溜達
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	溜達
	Heihe	散步, 走走, 溜達
	Qiqihar	散步, 走走, 溜達
	Harbin	散步, 遛彎兒, 溜達, 走走
	Jiamusi	散步, 溜達
	Baicheng	逛, 溜達
	Changchun	溜達
	Tonghua	溜達
	Shenyang	散步, 走走, 溜達
	Jinzhou	散步, 走走, 溜達
	Singapore	散步
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	磨磨
	Tangshan	溜達
	Cangzhou	溜達
	Baoding	溜達
	Shijiazhuang	散步
	Lijin	溜達
	Jinan	散步, 溜達, 走走
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	溜達
	Dandong	散步, 走走, 溜達, 逛蕩
	Yantai	溜蕩
	Yantai (Muping)	溜達, 散步
	Qingdao	散步, 溜達
	Zhucheng	溜達
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	轉
	Lingbao	轉轉
	Jining	散步, 溜達, 走走
	Wanrong	閒轉
	Linfen	走走
	Shangqiu	走走, 溜達
	Yuanyang	散步, 走走
	Zhengzhou	走走, 遊遊
	Xinyang	轉轉
	Baihe	散步, 走一走, 轉一轉
	Xi'an	散步, 走一走, 轉一下
	Baoji	走嗄子, 轉嗄子
	Tianshui	轉一轉
	Xining	浪, 轉一轉
	Xuzhou	散步, 溜溜, 走走
	Fuyang	散步
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	涮彎彎, 溜達
	Lanzhou	浪, 轉, 轉坦, 轉達
	Dunhuang	浪, 逛
	Hami	走一走
	Ürümqi	散步, 浪, 溜達
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	散步, 轉一圈兒, 轉圈兒
	Nanchong	散步
	Dazhou	轉一轉
	Hanyuan	轉耍
	Xichang	散步, 走走
	Zigong	散步, 走一下
	Chongqing	散步
	Wuhan	散步, 走走, 打轉
	Yichang	散步, 走下去, 轉下去
	Xiangyang	散步, 走一走
	Tianmen	散步, 走走
	Guiyang	走下
	Zunyi	逛下兒, 走下兒
	Bijie	散步, 遊下
	Zhaotong	走走
	Dali	走走閒閒
	Kunming	散步, 走走
	Mengzi	走走
	Guilin	走一下
	Liuzhou	散步, 走走
	Jishou	散步, 走下兒
	Changde	散步
	Hanzhong	散步, 走一走
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	散步, 溜溜, 溜, 走走, 轉轉
	Yangzhou	散步, 走走
	Lianyungang	散步, 轉轉, 溜溜
	Lianshui	走走
	Nantong	達達, 衝衝
	Anqing	散步, 走走
	Wuhu	散步, 走走
	Hefei	散步, 溜達
	Hong'an	蕩路, 蕩, 走下, 轉一下
Cantonese	Guangzhou	散步, 行下
	Hong Kong	散步, 行下
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	行下
	Macau	行下
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	行下
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	行下
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	行下, 散步
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	行下
	Foshan	行下
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	行下
	Foshan (Shunde)	行行
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	散步
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	行下
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	行下
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	行下
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	行亞下
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	行下
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	行下
	Taishan	行下
	Kaiping (Chikan)	行下
	Enping (Niujiang)	行下
	Heshan (Yayao)	散步
	Dongguan	散步, 行下
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	行下
Hakka	Meixian	散步, 打彳亍, 彳亍
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	行下
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	行下
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	行下
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	散步
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	散步
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	行尞, 散步
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	行尞, 散步
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	行尞, 散步
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	行尞, 散步
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	行尞, 散步
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	散步
Huizhou	Jixi	散步
Huizhou	Shexian	散步, 走走
Jin	Taiyuan	圪轉, 溜達
	Yangyuan	走走
	Datong	溜達
	Xinzhou	溜達, 轉玩, 圪轉
	Lüliang (Lishi)	遊玩兒, 溜達
	Changzhi	圪溜
	Linhe	圪轉, 溜達
	Jining	溜達
	Hohhot	散步
	Erenhot	溜達
	Pingshan	遊玩
	Zhangjiakou	散步, 走走, 溜達
	Handan	散步, 走走
	Linzhou	圪遊
	Suide	散步, 䟃𧽼
Northern Min	Jian'ou	行嬉
Southern Min	Xiamen	散步
	Quanzhou	散步
	Zhangzhou	散步
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	散步
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	散步
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	散步
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	散步
	Yilan (Toucheng)	散步
	Tainan	散步
	Tainan (Anping)	散步
	Penghu (Xiyu)	散步, 遊跤花
	Manila (Hokkien)	行行, 散步
	Shantou	散步, 行𨑨迌
	Jieyang	閒行, 行𨑨迌, 行行
	Haikou	散步, 行行
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	行下
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	行下
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	行行
Wu	Shanghai	散步
	Suzhou	散步, 走走, 蕩蕩
	Danyang	闖闖
	Hangzhou	散步
	Ningbo	走走
	Wenzhou	散步, 蕩蕩
	Jinhua	散步

Etymology 2

		idle; interstice; separate	behaviour; conduct
trad. (閒行/閑行)		閒/閑	行
simp. (闲行)		闲	行

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): êng-hēng

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: êng-hēng
  - Tâi-lô: îng-hīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: engheng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ³³/

Noun

閒行

(Taiwanese Hokkien) prank

Synonyms

惡作劇／恶作剧 (èzuòjù)

Etymology 3

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