No matter how cold it is, I go running in the park every day.
Sentence #10501705 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 跑步 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.
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.
步bùa step
步 is a single shape of 7 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidTwo feet, one in front of the other: a step.
How to write 跑步
跑 12 strokes · 步 7 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 跑步 (pǎobù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
跑步 (pǎobù) means “to run, jog” or “(military) to march at the double”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it pǎobù: pǎo with a 3rd tone, then bù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 跑步 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type paobu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 跑步 from the suggestions. Typing paobu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
跑步 is an HSK 2 word in the 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.
跑pǎo3rd tone, dipping
步bù4th tone, falling
