# 徐行
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xúxíng
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi$^4$ hang$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xúxíng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syúsíng
*** Wade–Giles: hsü$^2$-hsing$^2$
*** Yale: syú-syíng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyushyng
*** Palladius: сюйсин (sjujsin)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ceoi$^4$ hang$^4$
*** Yale: chèuih hàhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey$^4$ hang$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêu$^4$ heng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ hɐŋ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: zjo haeng
Rime :
| Character | 徐 | 行 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) | 庚 (109) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | II |
| Fanqie | 似魚切 | 戸庚切 |
| Baxter | zjo | haeng |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /zɨʌ/ | /ɦˠæŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ziɔ/ | /ɦᵚaŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ziɔ/ | /ɣaŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /zɨə̆/ | /ɦaɨjŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ziɔ/ | /ɣɐŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /zĭo/ | /ɣɐŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /zi̯wo/ | /ɣɐŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xú | héng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceoi$^4$ | hang$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*sə.la Cə.[ɡ]ˤraŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*lja ɡraːŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 徐 | 行 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xú | xíng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zjo › | ‹ hæng › |
| Old Chinese | /*sə.la/ | /*Cə.[ɡ]ˁraŋ/ |
| English | walk slowly | 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 | 徐 | 行 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 3/4 |
| No. | 15782 | 13867 |
| Phonetic component | 余 | 行 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 徐 | 行 |
| Old Chinese | /*lja/ | /*ɡraːŋ/ |

### Verb

徐行
* to walk slowly, to stroll
    From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16th century CE
    Nà shīfu huǎncù yíncōng, Sūn Dàshèng tíng yún mànbù, Zhū Wùnéng módàn xúxíng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* 徐步 (xúbù)

#### Antonyms

* 步趨／步趋 (bùqū)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 徐 | 行 |
| じょ Grade: S | こう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) じょこー [jòkóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [d͡ʑo̞ko̞ː]

### Noun

徐(じょ)行(こう) • (jokō)
* slow walking
* (of vehicles) slow moving

#### Antonyms

* 疾行(しっこう) (shikkō, “fast walking”)

### Verb

徐(じょ)行(こう)する • (jokō suru) intransitive suru (stem 徐(じょ)行(こう)し (jokō shi), past 徐(じょ)行(こう)した (jokō shita))
* walk slowly
* move slowly

#### Conjugation

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

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 徐 | 行 |

### Noun

徐行 • (seohaeng) (hangeul 서행)
* hanja form of 서행 (“(of vehicles) slow moving”)