跑 (pǎo): meaning and stroke order
跑 (pǎo) means to run, to run away, to escape, to run around (on errands etc).
跑
- Simplified
- 跑
- Traditional
- 跑 (same form)
- Pinyin
- pǎo · páo
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Stroke order of 跑
跑
- páo (of an animal) to paw (the ground)
- pǎo to run; to run away
- 12 strokes
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Meaning of 跑
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pǎo
- to run
- to run away
- to escape
- to run around (on errands etc)
- (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate
- (verb complement) away
- off
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páo
- (of an animal) to paw (the ground)
Radical and structure
- 跑
- Radical 足 (Kangxi radical 157) · 12 strokes · 𧾷 on the left, 包 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 跑
- 跑步 pǎo bù to run; to jog
- 慢跑 màn pǎo jogging; to jog
跑 in our stories
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一个女人跑来：“这是我的包！”
yí gè nǚrén pǎo lái zhè shì wǒ de bāo
A woman runs up: "This is my bag!"
From the story Not my bag HSK 1
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它很怕，跑走。
tā hěn pà pǎo zǒu
It was very afraid and ran away.
From the story The story of Nian HSK 1
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第一天早上，她只跑了十分钟就跑不动了。
dì-yī tiān zǎoshang tā zhǐ pǎo le shí fēnzhōng jiù pǎo bú dòng le
On the first morning she ran only ten minutes before she couldn't run any more.
From the story A little more every day HSK 2
Stories using 跑
- Not my bag HSK 1
- The story of Nian HSK 1
- A little more every day HSK 2
- Making dumplings HSK 2
- No umbrella HSK 3
- Sweets for the Kitchen God HSK 5
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).