HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Everyday Verbs

跑 pǎo “to run” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

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
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (verb complement) away

How to say 跑

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale跑pǎo3rd tone, dipping

跑 in a sentence

  1. 他跑得非常快。

    Tā pǎo de fēicháng kuài.

    He runs very fast.

    Sentence #818163 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 别在房间里跑。

    Bié zài fángjiān lǐ pǎo.

    Don’t run inside the room.

    Sentence #347083 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我可以跟你一起跑吗？

    Wǒ kěyǐ gēn nǐ yìqǐ pǎo ma?

    May I run with you?

    Sentence #834632 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 跑 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 跑 (pǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
跑pǎoto run
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 包wrap · bāoSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 包 (bāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with pǎo.

How to write 跑

跑 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

跑 (pǎo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 跑 (pǎo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 跑

Words with 跑

跑步pǎobù · to run

More words: Everyday Verbs

打开dǎkāi · to open动dòng · to move飞fēi · to fly考kǎo · to take an exam踢tī · to kick忘wàng · to forget下来xiàlai · to come down游yóu · to swim

FAQs

跑 (pǎo) means “to run” or “to run away”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it pǎo: pǎo with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 跑 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 跑 from the suggestions. Typing pao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
跑 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.