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跑

páo · pao/pǎo · pao

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Meaning

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páo 跑

  1. (of an animal) to paw (the ground)

pǎo 跑

  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
  6. (verb complement) away
  7. off

In a sentence

2 examples
01

警(jǐng)察(chá)抓(zhuā)了(le)正(zhèng)在(zài)跑(pǎo)的(de)那(nà)个(ge)男(nán)人(rén)。

The policeman captured the man who was running.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)在(zài)想(xiǎng)哪(nǎ)个(gè)跑(pǎo)步(bù)运(yùn)动(dòng)员(yuán)会(huì)跑(pǎo)第(dì)一(yī)。

I wonder which of the runners will come first.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by bekindtoall · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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