ReadWriteQuiz
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
- 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.
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.
- 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!
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
- 跑出[word]run out
- 跑偏[word]deviate from the normal track; deviate from norms or demands in speaking or doing other things
- 跑马场[word]race course/track
- 跑堂[word]act/work as a waiter; waiter
- 跑垒员[word]runner
- 跑龙套[word]play a bit role; do minor work
- 跑遍[word]go around
- 跑外[word]engage in purchasing goods, collecting accounts or making contracts with other shops; be away on business
- 跑买卖[word]be a travelling businessman
- 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".