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跑

pǎo

to run

HSK 1 · Topic “On the road” Sports & leisureEveryday verbs
to run
Memory picture

Character

跑 pǎo

Strokes
12
Radical
足 — foot
Made of
足 foot 包 wrap, pack, bundle
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 他跑得很快。 Tā pǎo de hěn kuài. He runs very fast.
  • 我每天跑步。 Wǒ měitiān pǎobù. I go running every day.
  • 孩子们在跑。 Háizimen zài pǎo. The children are running.
  • 别在马路上跑。 Bié zài mǎlù shàng pǎo. Don't run on the road.
  • 小王跑到学校了。 Xiǎo Wáng pǎo dào xuéxiào le. Xiao Wang ran to school.
  • 她不想跑太快。 Tā bù xiǎng pǎo tài kuài. She doesn't want to run too fast.
  • 跑吧,时间不多了。 Pǎo ba, shíjiān bù duō le. Run, there's not much time left.
  • 雨天不要出去跑。 Yǔtiān bú yào chūqù pǎo. Don't go out running in the rain.
  • 老师在前边跑。 Lǎoshī zài qiánbian pǎo. The teacher is running in front.
  • 老师也跑。 Lǎoshī yě pǎo. The teacher runs too.

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