🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

行为

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xíngwéi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Act/ækt/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这是一个勇敢的行为。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A thing done; a deed or action.

    "Saving the drowning child was a heroic act."
As verb
  1. 1

    Take action; do something.

    "We need to act quickly to prevent further damage."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'act' originates from the Latin 'actus', meaning 'a doing, a driving'. It evolved through Old French 'acte', which carried similar meanings, before entering Middle English in the 14th century, where it retained the sense of performing or doing something.

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