白行簡

白行简
Bái Xíngjiǎn
Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易 Bái Jūyì, Tang novelist and poet, author of novel Tale of Courtesan Li Wa 李娃傳 Lǐ Wá Zhuàn

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 白 Bái surname Bai
=2 行 háng
  1. (bound form) row; line
  2. (bound form) line of business; trade; profession
  3. (bound form) commercial firm
  4. (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
  5. (in data tables) row; (Tw) column
  6. classifier for rows or lines
=2 行 héng used in 道行 dàohéng
=2 行 xíng
  1. (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel
  2. (literary) trip; journey; visit
  3. (bound form) temporary; makeshift
  4. (bound form) current; in circulation
  5. (bound form) to do; to perform
  6. capable; competent
  7. all right; OK!; will do
  8. behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. xìng)
  9. (literary) about to; soon
=2 行 hàng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 行行 (“bold; staunch; strong”)
  2. order; rank
  3. used in 樹行子／树行子 (“row of trees”)
  4. used in 行行 (“bold; staunch; strong”)
3 簡 jiǎn
  1. simple
  2. uncomplicated
  3. letter
  4. to choose
  5. to select
  6. bamboo strips used for writing (old)