VocabularyHSK 3 · core

走

zǒu

to walk, to leave

Part of speech · verb

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走run

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Examples

我们走吧。
Let's go.
他走得很快。
He walks fast.

Collocations

走路走开走了

Mnemonic

走 zǒu — two senses: (1) to walk (走路), (2) to leave/go (我们走吧 "let's go"). 跑 pǎo "to run" is faster. Note: in classical Chinese 走 meant "to run", but modern usage shifted to "walk".

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