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  • 1

    v.run

    • liú xiáng pǎo de hěn kuài

      刘翔

      Liu Xiang runs fast.

    • tā pǎo de hěn màn

      He can run very slow.

    • sài pǎo

      race

    • xiān xué zǒu zài xué pǎo

      Learn to walk before you run.

  • 2

    v.dialwalk

    • pǎo biàn le quán guó

      全国

      travel all over the country

    • tā zhěng tiān wǎng wài pǎo

      整天

      He is out all day.

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

      地区附近公里范围

      I have walked this district for five kilometres round.

    • hái zi hái bù huì pǎo

      孩子

      The child can't walk yet.

    synonym
  • 3

    v.go about doing something

    • pǎo cái liào

      材料

      run about collecting material

    • pǎo mǎi mai

      买卖

      be a commercial traveller

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

      商店找到扳手

      I had to run around to several shops to get that wrench.

    • pǎo mǎ tou

      码头

      make a living as a vagrant merchant

  • 4

    v.run away; escape

    • bù yào ràng tù zi pǎo le

      兔子

      Don't let the rabbit run away.

    • sān gè fàn rén pǎo le

      犯人

      Three of the prisoners have escaped.

    • bié ràng nà ge xiǎo tōu pǎo le

      那个小偷

      Don't let the thief get away!

    • pǎo lù

      go to a place by foot

    synonym
  • 5

    v.(of an object) be off from the right place

    • zhuō shang de zhǐ bèi chuī pǎo le

      The paper blew off the table.

    • yāng miáo bèi dà shuǐ chōng pǎo le

      秧苗大水

      The seedlings were washed away by the flood.

  • 6

    v.(of a liquid) evaporate: leak

    • pǎo diàn

      electricity leakage

    • píng zi méi gài yán qì yóu dōu pǎo le

      瓶子汽油

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

    • guǎn zi pǎo qì

      管子

      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".

Similar-form characters to 跑