自行

自行 zìxíng in a sentence

Do by oneself (himself)

Full dictionary entry 15 sentences

自行 (zìxíng) means Do by oneself (himself). Below are 15 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

我的 自行 车坏了。

Wǒ de zìxíngchē huài le.

My bicycle is broken.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 自行车

他会维修 自行 车。

Tā huì wéixiū zìxíngchē.

He knows how to repair bicycles.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 维修

门口有一辆 自行 车。

Ménkǒu yǒu yí liàng zìxíngchē.

There is a bicycle at the gate.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 辆

马跑得比 自行 车快。

Mǎ pǎo de bǐ zìxíngchē kuài.

A horse runs faster than a bicycle.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 马

他骑 自行 车去学校。

Tā qí zìxíngchē qù xuéxiào.

He rides his bicycle to school.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 自行车

他的 自行 车被偷了。

Tā de zìxíngchē bèi tōu le.

His bicycle was stolen.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 偷

他的 自行 车又旧又慢。

Tā de zìxíngchē yòu jiù yòu màn.

His bicycle is both old and slow.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 旧

我每天骑 自行 车上班。

Wǒ měi tiān qí zìxíngchē shàngbān.

I ride my bike to work every day.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 骑

风太大, 自行 车倒了。

Fēng tài dà, zìxíngchē dǎo le.

The wind was too strong and the bicycle fell over.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 倒

他推着 自行 车慢慢走。

Tā tuī zhe zìxíngchē mànmàn zǒu.

He walked slowly, pushing his bicycle.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 推

我的 自行 车需要修理。

Wǒ de zìxíngchē xūyào xiūlǐ.

My bicycle needs repairing.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 修理

他换了一辆崭新的 自行 车。

Tā huàn le yí liàng zhǎnxīn de zìxíngchē.

He got a brand-new bicycle.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 崭新

他用力蹬了几下, 自行 车才动起来。

Tā yònglì dēng le jǐ xià, zìxíngchē cái dòng qǐlái.

He pushed hard on the pedals a few times before the bike began to move.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 蹬

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From the graded readers

我八岁那年,爸爸买了一辆小 自行 车给我。

wǒ bā suì nà / nèi nián, bàba mǎile yī liàng xiǎo zìxíngchē gěi wǒ.

The year I was eight, my dad bought me a small bicycle.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike

From the grammar library

我的 自行 车被偷了。

Wǒ de zìxíngchē bèi tōu le.

My bike was stolen.

Grammar library · HSK 3 · 被 passive

Words that contain 自行

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Questions about 自行

How is 自行 used in a sentence?

This page shows 15 sentences using 自行 (zìxíng, "Do by oneself (himself)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

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