行迹 (xíngjì): tracks; traces

Meanings

1 tracks; traces
2 movements; whereabouts
3 the trail someone has left behind

Characters

行

Examples

警察追查嫌疑人的行迹。

Jǐngchá zhuīchá xiányírén de xíngjì.

Police are tracing the suspect's movements.

他的行迹遍布整个欧洲。

Tā de xíngjì biànbù zhěnggè Ōuzhōu.

His travels covered all of Europe.

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usage

Slightly literary. Common collocations: 行迹可疑 (xíngjì kěyí, "movements look suspicious") in crime/news writing; 行迹遍布 ("his trail covers / he's been all over"). Closely related to 踪迹 (zōngjì, traces left behind, more focused on physical clues).