並行

See also: 并行

Chinese

		and; furthermore; (not) at all and; furthermore; (not) at all; simultaneously; also; together with; to combine; to join; to merge	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. (並行)		並	行
simp. (并行)		并	行

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìngxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bing⁶ hang⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pēng-hêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìngxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìngsíng
  - Wade–Giles: ping⁴-hsing²
  - Yale: bìng-syíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binqshyng
  - Palladius: бинсин (binsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bing⁶ hang⁴
  - Yale: bihng hàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bing⁶ hang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bing⁶ heng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ²² hɐŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pēng-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: pīng-hîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pexngheeng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ³³⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²³/

Verb

並行

to go side by side, to walk side by side
to carry on simultaneously

Derived terms

並行不悖 / 并行不悖 (bìngxíngbùbèi)
勢力並行 / 势力并行
恩威並行 / 恩威并行

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (並行):

→ Japanese: 並行(へいこう) (heikō)
→ Vietnamese: tịnh hành (並行)

Adjective

並行

(computing) parallel
並行計算／并行计算 ― bìngxíng jìsuàn ― parallel computing

See also

併發／并发 (bìngfā)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
並	行
へい Grade: 6	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
竝行 (kyūjitai) 平行併行

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へーこー [héꜜèkòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [he̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

並(へい)行(こう) • (heikō)

going side by side
being concurrent
being parallel

Synonyms

並(へい)列(れつ) (heiretsu)

Adjective

並(へい)行(こう) • (heikō) -na (adnominal 並(へい)行(こう)な (heikō na), adverbial 並(へい)行(こう)に (heikō ni))

Verb

並(へい)行(こう)する • (heikō suru) suru (stem 並(へい)行(こう)し (heikō shi), past 並(へい)行(こう)した (heikō shita))

to go side by side
to be concurrent
to be parallel

Conjugation

Conjugation of "並行する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	並行し	へいこうし	heikō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	並行し	へいこうし	heikō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	並行する	へいこうする	heikō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	並行する	へいこうする	heikō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	並行すれ	へいこうすれ	heikō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	並行せよ¹ 並行しろ²	へいこうせよ¹ へいこうしろ²	heikō seyo¹ heikō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	並行される	へいこうされる	heikō sareru
Causative	並行させる並行さす	へいこうさせるへいこうさす	heikō saseru heikō sasu
Potential	並行できる	へいこうできる	heikō dekiru
Volitional	並行しよう	へいこうしよう	heikō shiyō
Negative	並行しない	へいこうしない	heikō shinai
Negative continuative	並行せず	へいこうせず	heikō sezu
Formal	並行します	へいこうします	heikō shimasu
Perfective	並行した	へいこうした	heikō shita
Conjunctive	並行して	へいこうして	heikō shite
Hypothetical conditional	並行すれば	へいこうすれば	heikō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Usage notes

The senses relating to “parallel” are more commonly spelled 平(へい)行(こう) (heikō).

References

“並行”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026