Chinese Word: 跑 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

跑HSK 2

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 足

Pictophonetic: 包 indicates the sound; 足 (foot) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 足 [ zú ] foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
- 包 [ bāo ] wrap, pack, bundle; package

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Pinyin: pǎo

English Definition: to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off
Chinese Definition:
①奔，两脚交互向前迅速跃进：跑步。奔跑。赛跑。
②很快地移动：跑动。
③逃：跑出笼子。
④漏泄：跑电。跑气。
⑤为某种事物奔走：跑买卖。跑外的。跑堂。跑码头。跑单帮。
Example Words:
跑步 [ pǎo bù ]: to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double
奔跑 [ bēn pǎo ]: to run
逃跑 [ táo pǎo ]: to flee from sth; to run away; to escape
跑出 [ pǎo chū ]: to run out
中长跑 [ zhōng cháng pǎo ]: middle distance race
Pinyin: páo

English Definition: (of an animal) to paw (the ground)
Chinese Definition:
①走兽用脚刨地：跑糟(牲口用蹄糟根)。虎跑泉(在中国浙江省杭州市)。

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