🇨🇳 How to say

“run” in Chinese

跑pǎo
Illustration of "run" in a Chinese cultural setting
A woman in athletic clothes runs along a tree-lined park path in the morning, her ponytail bouncing with each stride as …

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跑 is the basic verb for running, used for both exercise and moving quickly on foot; it's neutral in tone and appears in many everyday contexts.

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