走
zǒu HSK1

walk

走 zǒu
to walk verb
to move on foot; to walk; to travel at a moderate pace

我走了一步，两步。

wǒ zǒu le yī bù, liǎng bù.

I took one step, two steps.

to leave verb
to depart; to go away; to move from one place to another

为什么我们现在要走？

wèi​shén​me wǒ​men xiàn​zài yào zǒu?

Why do we have to leave now?

我甚至没有看见他走。

wǒ shèn​zhì méi​yǒu kàn jiàn tā zǒu.

I didn't even see him leave.

[direction] particle
(as a resultative) used after another verb to show movement away from a place

你会把她吓走的！

nǐ huì bǎ tā xià zǒu de!

You'll scare her off!

太晚了，公共汽车已经开走了。

tài wǎn le, gōng​gòng​qì​chē yǐ​jing kāi zǒu le.

It's too late, the bus has already left.

to flee verb
to run away; to flee; to escape
for walking noun
intended for walking or movement
to move verb
to move or function, such as a clock, a vehicle, or a piece in a board game
through verb
to pass through or follow a specific route; by way of

我走楼梯好了。

wǒ zǒu lóu​tī hǎo le.

I'll take the stairs.

他没有走通常的路。

tā méi​yǒu zǒu tōng​cháng de lù.

He didn't take the usual route.

to pass away verb
(euphemism) to die; to pass away

妈妈永远地走了。

mā​ma yǒng​yuǎn de zǒu le.

Mom is gone forever.

to lose nounverb
to lose flavor or shape; to deviate from an original form or tune
to run verb
(literary) to run; to move fast
to visit
to visit or maintain social contact with, such as relatives
to leak
to leak out or reveal information
surname
a Chinese surname
radical
Kangxi radical 156

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Frequency
Character
Written text
207th most common 1000.6 per million
Movie subtitles
90th most common 1766.9 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1945.3 per million appears in 99% of films
Written text
580.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+8D70

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