履行

Chinese

		shoe; to tread on	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. (履行)		履	行
simp. #(履行)		履	行

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character	履	行
Reading #	1/1	2/4
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	力几切	戸庚切
Baxter	lijX	haeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪX/	/ɦˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/liX/	/ɦᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɪX/	/ɣaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liX/	/ɦaɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/liX/	/ɣɐŋ/
Wang Li	/liX/	/ɣɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/liX/	/ɣɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǐ	héng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei5	hang4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	履	行
Reading #	1/1	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǚ	xíng
Middle Chinese	‹ lijX ›	‹ hæng ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ijʔ/	/*Cə.[ɡ]ˁraŋ/
English	tread on; sandal	walk (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	履	行
Reading #	1/1	3/4
No.	8603	13867
Phonetic component	履	行
Rime group	脂	陽
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	履	行
Old Chinese	/*riʔ/	/*ɡraːŋ/
Notes	說文一曰屍聲， 甲文爲眉聲

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǚxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ hang⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lí-hêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li² gian⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǚxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔsíng
    • Wade–Giles: lü³-hsing²
    • Yale: lyǔ-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leushyng
    • Palladius: люйсин (ljujsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ hang⁴
    • Yale: léih hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ hɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: lí-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ly'heeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li² gian⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lí kiâⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵²⁻³⁵ kĩã⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: lijX haeng

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ijʔ  Cə.[ɡ]ˤraŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*riʔ  ɡraːŋ/

Verb

履行

1. to fulfill (one's promise); to perform (one's duty, a contract, etc.); to carry out

   履行承諾／履行承诺  ―  lǚxíng chéngnuò  ―  to fulfill a promise

   履行公務／履行公务  ―  lǚxíng gōngwù  ―  to perform official duties

2. (Classical) to walk

   • 誰能履行雪中，令人視之，其上履也，其履下處乃似人足者乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     谁能履行雪中，令人视之，其上履也，其履下处乃似人足者乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Shéi néng lǚxíng xuě zhōng, lìng rén shì zhī, qí shàng lǚ yě, qí lǚ xià chù nǎi sì rén zú zhě hū? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (to carry out):

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• 來到 / 来到 (láidào)
• 執行 / 执行 (zhíxíng)
• 奉行 (fèngxíng)
• 實施 / 实施 (shíshī)
• 實現 / 实现 (shíxiàn)
• 實行 / 实行 (shíxíng)
• 實踐 / 实践 (shíjiàn)
• 採取 / 采取 (cǎiqǔ)
• 推行 (tuīxíng)
• 操作 (cāozuò)
• 啟動 / 启动 (qǐdòng)
• 施
• 施行 (shīxíng)
• 施設 / 施设 (shīshè) (literary)
• 服行 (fúxíng) (literary)
• 落地 (figurative)
• 落實 / 落实 (luòshí)
• 貫徹 / 贯彻 (guànchè)
• 踐行 / 践行 (jiànxíng) (literary)

• (to walk):

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• 串 (literary, or in compounds)
• 徒步 (túbù)
• 步 (bù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 步履 (bùlǚ) (literary)
• 步行 (bùxíng)
• 步趨 / 步趋 (bùqū)
• 步輦 / 步辇 (Hokkien)
• 行動 / 行动 (xíngdòng)
• 行步 (xíngbù) (literary)
• 行走 (xíngzǒu)
• 走動 / 走动 (zǒudòng)
• 走路 (zǒulù)
• 走道 (zǒudào)

Derived terms

• 履行地 (lǚxíngdì)

Noun

履行

1. (Classical) moral conduct; behaviour

Synonyms

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• 人品 (rénpǐn)
• 人格 (réngé)
• 品德 (pǐndé)
• 品性 (pǐnxìng)
• 品格 (pǐngé)
• 品行 (pǐnxíng)
• 品質 / 品质 (pǐnzhì)
• 持守 (chíshǒu) (literary)
• 操守 (cāoshǒu)
• 操持 (cāochí)
• 操行 (cāoxíng) (usually of a student at school)
• 行止 (xíngzhǐ) (literary)
• 誠信 / 诚信 (chéngxìn)
• 質地 / 质地 (zhìdì)
• 骨 (figurative)