跑 (pǎo): to run
跑 (pǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “to run.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 足 (semantic) and 包 (phonetic). It ranks #864 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 跑 foot. Its radical form 足 (foot) appears in many related characters such as 跟 (gēn, follow, heel), 路 (lù, road), 足 (zú, foot).
Definitions
- to run
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 跑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 逃跑verb | táo pǎo | to flee from sth | 6 |
| 跑步verb | pǎo bù | to run | 2 |
| 跑道noun | pǎo dào | athletic track | 5 |
| 奔跑verb | bēn pǎo | to run | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乱跑 | luàn pǎo | to run around all over the place |
| 跑车 | pǎo chē | racing bicycle |
| 赛跑 | sài pǎo | race (running) |
| 跑腿 | pǎo tuǐ | to run errands |
| 跑题 | pǎo tí | to digress |
| 起跑 | qǐ pǎo | to start running |
| 长跑 | cháng pǎo | long-distance running |
| 赶跑 | gǎn pǎo | to drive away |
| 起跑线 | qǐ pǎo xiàn | the starting line (of a race) |
| 跑遍 | pǎo biàn | to go everywhere |
| 跑龙套 | pǎo lóng tào | to play a small role |
| 小跑 | xiǎo pǎo | to trot |
| 东奔西跑 | dōng bēn xī pǎo | to run this way and that (idiom) |
| 跑鞋 | pǎo xié | running shoes |
| 跑马 | pǎo mǎ | horse race |
跑 appears in 95 compound words: 55 as the first character, 34 as the last, and 12 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 跑 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
to work hectically; to be on the go; to run around attending to various tasks
Example Sentences
每天早上我都会去公园跑步，锻炼身体。
Měitiān zǎoshang wǒ dōu huì qù gōngyuán pǎobù, duànliàn shēntǐ.
Every morning I go to the park to run and exercise.
1.2万被带出场!她险遭性侵逃跑坠楼重伤 男子下场曝
1 . 2 wàn bèi dài chū chǎng ! tā xiǎn zāo xìng qīn táo pǎo zhuì lóu chóng shāng nán zǐ xià chǎng pù
12,000 were taken out! She was sexually assaulted and ran away, fell from the building and was seriously injured, and the man was exposed
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. . . c o r e I S I chóng shēn D u o l i n g o gǔ piào pǎo yíng dà pán píng jí , mù biāo jià 3 3 0 měi yuán
... core ISI reiterated an Outperform rating on shares of Duolingo with a price target of $330
新北市长选战开跑! 李四川:让我回新北服务
xīn běi shì cháng xuǎn zhàn kāi pǎo ! lǐ sì chuān : ràng wǒ huí xīn běi fú wù
The New Taipei City mayoral election campaign begins! Li Sichuan: Let me go back to New Taipei to serve
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. . . quán tiān zèng gě zhōng guó sù huá zài yíng tū pò zhōng jǐng yà měi lǐng pǎo huā . .
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春晚这扇“窗”,照见中国机器人产业“跑”出倍速
chūn wǎn zhè shān chuāng , zhào jiàn zhōng guó jī qì rén chǎn yè pǎo chū bèi sù
The Spring Festival Gala serves as a window revealing China's robotics industry accelerating at a rapid pace.
那个学生跑得很快，不是吗？
Nèige xuésheng pǎo de hěn kuài, bù shì ma?
That student runs fast, doesn't he?
船和火车哪个跑得快？
Chuán hé huǒchē nǎge pǎo de kuài?
Which goes faster, a ship or a train?
那个朝我们跑过来的男孩是谁？
Nàge cháo wǒmen pǎo guòlai de nánhái shì shéi?
Who is that boy running toward us?
我可以跟你一起跑吗？
Wǒ kěyǐ gēn nǐ yīqǐ pǎo ma?
May I run with you?
Character Family
足 Radical Family — Characters sharing the foot radical
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