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走
zǒu
走 (zǒu) means "to walk". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.
What 走 means
- to walk
- to go
- to run
- to move (of vehicle)
- to visit
- to leave
- to go away
- to die (euph.)
- from
- through
- away (in compound verbs, such as {撤走|chè zǒu})
- to change (shape, form, meaning)
How 走 is used in grammar
走 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.
- Result Complements: V+到/住/走 (HSK 3)
The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 3, complement (结果补语).
Example sentences
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走！Leave!
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走。Leave.
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走着瞧ZǒuzheqiáoWait and see.
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走吧。Let's go!
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走开！Get away!
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直走。Go straight ahead.
Words starting with 走
- 走进zǒu jìnto enter; to step into
- 走廊zǒu lángcorridor; aisle; hallway; passageway; veranda
- 走私zǒu sīto smuggle; to have an illicit affair
- 走漏zǒu lòuto leak (information, secrets etc); to smuggle and evade tax…
- 走向zǒu xiàngdirection; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination
- 走过zǒu guòto walk past; to pass by
- 走去zǒu qùto walk over (to)
- 走路zǒu lùto walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart; (informal) to clear off; to beat it
- 走近zǒu jìnto approach; to draw near to
- 走开zǒu kāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
- 走光zǒu guāngto expose oneself; to be completely gone
- 走动zǒu dòngto walk around; to move about; to stretch one's legs; to go for a walk…
- 走势zǒu shìtendency; trend; path
- 走人zǒu rén(colloquial) to leave; to beat it
- 走入zǒu rùto walk into
- 走访zǒu fǎngto visit; to go around visiting (people or places)
- 走错zǒu cuòto go the wrong way; to take the wrong (road, exit etc)
- 走道zǒu dàopavement; sidewalk; path
- 走红zǒu hóngto become popular; to be a hit; (of a person) to be in luck; to have a run of good fortune
- 走掉zǒu diàoto leave
- 走投无路zǒu tóu wú lùto be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope
- 走神zǒu shénabsent-minded; one's mind is wandering
- 走运zǒu yùnto have good luck; to be in luck
- 走狗zǒu gǒuhunting dog; hound; (fig.) running dog
Words containing 走
- 飞禽走兽fēi qín zǒu shòu(idiom) birds and animals
- 行走xíng zǒuto walk
- 带走dài zǒuto carry; to take away
- 临走lín zǒubefore leaving; on departure
- 拿走ná zǒuto take away
- 出走chū zǒuto leave home; to go off; to run away
- 逃走táo zǒuto escape; to flee; to run away
- 抢走qiǎng zǒuto snatch (esp related to a robbery)
- 送走sòng zǒuto see off; to send off
- 赶走gǎn zǒuto drive out; to turn back
- 搬走bān zǒuto carry
- 奔走bēn zǒuto run; to rush about; to be on the go
- 开走kāi zǒuto go (of car, train etc); to drive off
- 抓走zhuā zǒuto arrest
- 游走yóu zǒuto wander about; to roam; to move back and forth between…
- 溜走liū zǒuto slip away; to leave secretly
- 夺走duó zǒuto snatch away
- 取走qǔ zǒuto remove; to take away
- 好走hǎo zǒubon voyage; Godspeed
- 撤走chè zǒuto retire; to remove; to withdraw
- 冲走chōng zǒuto flush away
- 放走fàng zǒuto release; to set free; to allow (a person or an animal) to go
- 一走了之yī zǒu liǎo zhīto avoid a problem by walking away from it; to quit
- 拖走tuō zǒuto drag away
Characters built on 土
These share the phonetic component 土 (tǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
Characters that look like 走
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
- 表biǎoexterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion)
- 麦màiwheat; barley; oats; mic (abbr. for 麦克风
- 寿shòulong life; old age; age
- 壳ké(colloquial) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc); case; casing…
- 庚gēngage; seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; seventh in order
Sounds the same
Read zǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.
Where 走 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Daily Actions (HSK 2), HSK 2 Characters · Set 4 (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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- Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
- How characters are built from components.
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