跑
pǎopáo HSK1

run

跑 pǎo frequency
to run verb
to run; to move fast on foot

他能跑得和我一样快。

tā néng pǎo de hé wǒ yī​yàng kuài.

He can run as fast as I can.

她没有跑，她在飞。

tā méi​yǒu pǎo, tā zài fēi.

She wasn't running, she was flying.

to escape verb
to run away; to escape; to flee

别让他们跑了！

bié ràng tā​men pǎo le!

Don't let them get away!

我真的以为她和他跑了。

wǒ zhēn​de yǐ​wéi tā hé tā pǎo le.

I really thought she ran off with him.

away verbparticle
used as a result after a verb to indicate that something has moved away from its original or intended position
to run around verb
to walk or go to places; to run about doing things or running errands, such as for business or reporting news

不会，很抱歉让你大老远跑一趟。

bù​huì, hěn bào​qiàn ràng nǐ dà​lǎo​yuǎn pǎo yī tàng.

No, I'm sorry for making you come all this way.

我们跑了3个地方。

wǒ​men pǎo le3 ge dì​fang.

We went three places.

to leak
to leak; to escape or evaporate, as with gas, liquid, or electricity
to have luck
to have luck; to be successful in one's career or business dealings (dated or dialectal)
跑 páo
to paw
(of an animal) to paw the ground or dig at the earth

Cross-References

Synonym

Frequency
Character
Written text
864th most common 204.1 per million
Movie subtitles
446th most common 330.8 per million appears in 72% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
367.6 per million appears in 65% of films
Written text
155.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+8DD1

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)