现 行

xiànxíng

adjectiveHSK 7-9

“To be in effect” in Chinese is 现行 (xiànxíng).

Meaning

to be in effect
in force
current

Example

他无视现行法律。

He ignored the existing laws.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

xiànHSK 18 strokesto appear xíngHSK 16 strokesrow; line

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