跑

liú xiáng pǎo de hěn kuài

刘翔跑得很快。

Liu Xiang runs fast.

tā pǎo de hěn màn

他跑得很慢。

He can run very slow.

sài pǎo

赛跑

race

pǎo biàn le quán guó

跑遍了全国

travel all over the country

tā zhěng tiān wǎng wài pǎo

他整天往外跑。

He is out all day.

wǒ yǐ pǎo biàn zhè yī dì qū fù jìn wǔ gōng lǐ nèi de fàn wéi

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.

pǎo cái liào

跑材料

run about collecting material

pǎo mǎi mai

跑买卖

be a commercial traveller

wǒ pǎo le hǎo jǐ jiā shāng diàn cái zhǎo dào zhè zhǒng bān shou

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.

bù yào ràng tù zi pǎo le

不要让兔子跑了。

Don't let the rabbit run away.

sān gè fàn rén pǎo le

三个犯人跑了。

Three of the prisoners have escaped.

bié ràng nà ge xiǎo tōu pǎo le

别让那个小偷跑了！

Don't let the thief get away!

zhuō shang de zhǐ bèi chuī pǎo le

桌上的纸被吹跑了。

The paper blew off the table.

yāng miáo bèi dà shuǐ chōng pǎo le

秧苗被大水冲跑了。

The seedlings were washed away by the flood.

pǎo diàn

跑电

electricity leakage

píng zi méi gài yán qì yóu dōu pǎo le

瓶子没盖严，汽油都跑了。

The bottle was not tightly sealed, and the gasoline evaporated.

guǎn zi pǎo qì

管子跑气。

The pipe leaks gas.