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跑

pǎo

HSK 2 Character

What 跑 means

1. to run
2. to run away
3. to escape
4. to run around (on errands etc)
5. (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate
6. (verb complement) away
7. off

Other readings

跑 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• páo(of an animal) to paw (the ground)

Example sentences

• 他跑。
  He runs.
• 我跑。
  I run.
• 你跑。
  You run.
• 她跑。
  She runs.
• 跑啊！
  Run!
• 拼命地跑
  Pīnmìng de pǎo
  Run like your life depends on it.

Words starting with 跑

• 跑步pǎo bùto run; to jog; (military) to march at the double
• 跑出pǎo chūto run out
• 跑道pǎo dàoathletic track; track; runway (i.e. airstrip)
• 跑车pǎo chēracing bicycle; racing car; sports car; to drive a vehicle (such as a truck or taxi) for…
• 跑掉pǎo diàoto run away; to take to one's heels
• 跑遍pǎo biànto go everywhere; to scour (the whole town)
• 跑马pǎo mǎhorse race; to ride a horse at a fast pace; (dialect) wet dream
• 跑题pǎo títo digress; to stray from the topic
• 跑腿pǎo tuǐto run errands
• 跑路pǎo lùto run; to go somewhere on foot; (coll.) to abscond…
• 跑龙套pǎo lóng tàoto play a small role
• 跑走pǎo zǒuto escape; to flee; to run away
• 跑分pǎo fēn(computing) to benchmark a computer, phone, CPU etc; (benchmark test) score…
• 跑味pǎo wèito lose flavor
• 跑咖pǎo kā(Taiwan; neologism) to go to a coffee shop
• 跑团pǎo tuántabletop role-playing game
• 跑堂pǎo tángwaiter (old)
• 跑官pǎo guānto seek a government post through bribery or connections
• 跑法pǎo fǎrunning style; racing technique
• 跑票pǎo piàoto vote against the party line; to vote contrary to one's promise
• 跑者pǎo zhěrunner
• 跑调pǎo diàoto be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
• 跑酷pǎo kù(loanword) parkour
• 跑表pǎo biǎostopwatch

Words containing 跑

• 逃跑táo pǎoto flee from sth; to run away; to escape
• 奔跑bēn pǎoto run
• 小跑xiǎo pǎoto trot; to jog
• 乱跑luàn pǎoto run around; to run about aimlessly
• 长跑cháng pǎolong-distance running
• 吓跑xià pǎoto scare away
• 赛跑sài pǎorace (running); to race (running)
• 飞跑fēi pǎoto run like the wind; to rush; to gallop
• 慢跑màn pǎojogging; to jog; to canter
• 起跑线qǐ pǎo xiànthe starting line (of a race); scratch line (in a relay race)
• 短跑duǎn pǎosprint (race)
• 起跑qǐ pǎoto start running; the start of a race
• 赶跑gǎn pǎoto drive away; to force out; to repel
• 东奔西跑dōng bēn xī pǎoto run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about
• 助跑zhù pǎoto run up (pole vault, javelin, bowling etc); approach; run-up
• 夜跑yè pǎoto go for a nighttime run
• 打跑dǎ pǎoto run off rebuffed; to fend off; (to fight off and make sb) run off
• 落跑luò pǎoto run away; to escape
• 超跑chāo pǎosupercar; abbr. for 超级跑车
• 领跑lǐng pǎoto take the lead in a race; to set the pace
• 中长跑zhōng cháng pǎomiddle distance race
• 快步跑kuài bù pǎoto trot
• 障碍跑zhàng ài pǎosteeplechase (athletics)
• 折返跑zhé fǎn pǎoshuttle run

Characters built on 包

These share the phonetic component 包 (bāo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 胞bāoplacenta; womb; born of the same parents
• 泡pàobubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse
• 炮pàocannon; firecracker
• 鲍bàoabalone
• 饱bǎoto eat till full; satisfied
• 袍páogown (lined)
• 疱pàopimple; acne; blister

Characters that look like 跑

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 晚wǎnevening; night; late
• 税shuìtaxes; duties
• 跌diēto fall; to tumble; to trip
• 蛇shésnake; serpent
• 跪guìto kneel
• 跄qiāngwalk rapidly