Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.run
刘翔跑得很快。
Liu Xiang runs fast.
他跑得很慢。
He can run very slow.
赛跑
race
先学走,再学跑。
Learn to walk before you run.
- 2
v.dialwalk
跑遍了全国
travel all over the country
他整天往外跑。
He is out all day.
我已跑遍这一地区附近五公里内的范围。
I have walked this district for five kilometres round.
孩子还不会跑。
The child can't walk yet.
synonym
- 3
v.go about doing something
跑材料
run about collecting material
跑买卖
be a commercial traveller
我跑了好几家商店,才找到这种扳手。
I had to run around to several shops to get that wrench.
跑码头
make a living as a vagrant merchant
- 4
v.run away; escape
不要让兔子跑了。
Don't let the rabbit run away.
三个犯人跑了。
Three of the prisoners have escaped.
别让那个小偷跑了!
Don't let the thief get away!
跑路
go to a place by foot
synonym
- 5
v.(of an object) be off from the right place
桌上的纸被吹跑了。
The paper blew off the table.
秧苗被大水冲跑了。
The seedlings were washed away by the flood.
- 6
v.(of a liquid) evaporate: leak
跑电
electricity leakage
瓶子没盖严,汽油都跑了。
The bottle was not tightly sealed, and the gasoline evaporated.
管子跑气。
The pipe leaks gas.
Words and phrases with 跑
- 跑题[word]deviate from the point at issue
- 跑肚[word]have loose bowels
- 跑街[word]go around in a city working as a business agent/salesman for a firm; travelling agent or salesman
- 跑位[word]positioning
- 跑车[word]be on the job; accidentally slide down
- 跑表[word]stopwatch
- 跑圆场[word]walk in circles in the middle of the stage so as to mimic the idea of walking a long distance
- 跑码头[word]travel from port to port as a trader
- 跑垒员[word]runner
- 跑跑跳跳[idiom]run and jump in a vivacious way
- 跑跑颠颠[idiom]run and jump
- 跑马卖解[idiom]be an acrobat in a roving troupe
Word usage
- Note"跑" is usually pronounced as "pǎo"; when pronounced as "páo", it means that the beast digs the ground with its claws, as in "虎跑泉".