跑
pǎopáo HSK1

run

跑 pǎo frequency
run verb
to run or move quickly on foot

他每天早上都在公园跑五公里。

tā měi tiān zǎo​shang dōu zài gōng​yuán pǎo wǔ gōng​lǐ.

He runs five kilometers in the park every morning.

flee verb
to run away or escape from a place or situation

罪犯从监狱里跑了。

zuì​fàn cóng jiān​yù lǐ pǎo le.

The criminal escaped from prison.

run errands verb
to run around or travel for business or specific tasks

我今天跑了好几家银行。

wǒ jīn​tiān pǎo le hǎo​jǐ jiā yín​háng.

I went to several banks today.

away verb
used as a verb complement to indicate moving away or off

别让他吓跑了。

bié ràng tā xià pǎo le.

Don't let him get scared away.

leak verb
of a gas or liquid to escape, leak, or evaporate

这瓶汽水跑气了。

zhè píng qì​shuǐ pǎo qì le.

This bottle of soda has gone flat.

跑 páo
paw verb
(of an animal) to paw the ground

那匹受惊的马在前蹄不停地跑土。

nà pǐ shòu​jīng de mǎ zài qián​tí bù​tíng de páo tǔ.

The startled horse kept pawing the ground with its front hooves.

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)