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title: "Xianxing Meaning: 现行 (current) or 显性 ( dominant)?"
description: "现行 (traditional 現行, xiànxíng) means “current; in force; existing”. Not the xianxing you heard? See 显性. Hear its tones, see what 现 and 行 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/xianxing"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 现行 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

现行 xiànxíng

## current; in force; existing

## It can also mean

- (law) in the act (as in 现行犯)

## Its characters

1. 现 xiàn now
2. 行 xíng to walk

## In a sentence

这是现行的规定，大家都要遵守。 This is the current rule, and everyone has to follow it.

[More about 现行](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%8E%B0%E8%A1%8C)

## Other words said xianxing

- [显性xiǎnxìng(genetics) dominant](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%98%BE%E6%80%A7)

## More words with 现 or 行

- [表现 biǎoxiàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/biaoxian)
- [不行 bùxíng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/buxing)
- [呈现 chéngxiàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chengxian)
- [重现 chóngxiàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chongxian)
- [出现 chūxiàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chuxian)
- [出行 chūxíng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chuxing)
- [兑现 duìxiàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/duixian)
- [发现 fāxiàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/faxian)
- [发行 fāxíng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/faxing)
- [飞行 fēixíng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/feixing)

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