行人(xíng rén): pedestrian

Watch how each character of 行人 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.

How 行人 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

• 我的母亲经常让行人吃耳光。

  wǒ de mǔ qīn jīng cháng ràng xíng rén chī ěr guāng

  My mother often slaps passers-by.

• 当时正是早高峰，来来往往的行人和车辆很多。

  dāng shí zhèng shì zǎo gāo fēng lái lái wǎng wǎng de xíng rén hé chē liàng hěn duō

  It was the morning rush hour, and there were a lot of passing pedestrians and cars.