Hanzi

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

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 1

Pinyin

pǎo, páo, bó

Bopomofo

ㄆㄠˇ, ㄆㄠˊ, ㄅㄛˊ

Jyutping

paau2

Example sentences

pǎo
他跑得很快。

He runs very fast.

那匹馬跑得很快。
那匹马跑得很快。

That horse runs very fast.

奔跑 bēnpǎo
孩子們在草地上快活地奔跑。
孩子们在草地上快活地奔跑。

Children are running happily on the grass.

草原 cǎoyuán
馬兒在草原上奔跑。
马儿在草原上奔跑。

Horses are running on the grassland.

他在學校的百米賽跑中拿到了第一名。
他在学校的百米赛跑中拿到了第一名。

He took first place in the 100-meter race at school.

跑步 pǎobù
我每天早上都去公園跑步。
我每天早上都去公园跑步。

I go to the park to run every morning.

雖然下著雨,我還是想去跑步。
虽然下著雨,我还是想去跑步。

Although it's raining, I still want to go for a run.

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