跑 (pǎo)
to run/to jog
How 跑 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- ⻊ — foot
- Traditional
- 跑
- Simplified
- 跑 (unchanged)
Components
- ⻊ foot
- 勹 wrap
- 巳 oneself
跑 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- páo
- (of an animal) to paw (the ground)
- pǎo
- to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc)
Common words using 跑
- 奔跑 bēnpǎo
- to run
- 快跑 kuàipǎo
- to run fast; to sprint; to gallop
- 賽跑 sàipǎo
- race (running); to race (running)
- 起跑線 qǐpǎoxiàn
- the starting line (of a race); scratch line (in a relay race)
- 跑步 pǎobù
- to walk quickly; to march; to run
- 跑調 pǎodiào
- to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
- 跑車 pǎochē
- racing bicycle; sporting bicycle; sports car
- 跑道 pǎodào
- athletic track; track; runway (i.e. airstrip)
- 逃跑 táopǎo
- to flee from sth; to run away; to escape
- 長跑 chángpǎo
- long-distance running
- 中長跑 zhōngchángpǎo
- middle distance race
- 亂跑 luànpǎo
- to run wildly all over the place
跑 in a sentence
他喜歡在公園跑步。
Tā xǐhuān zài gōngyuán pǎobù.
“He likes to jog in the park.”
How common is 跑?
跑 is the 862nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 86.7% of all running text.
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