跑 (pǎo) means Run (escape - leaking). Below are 24 of the 60 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
跑 步对身体很好。
Pǎobù duì shēntǐ hěn hǎo.
Running is very good for your health.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 跑步
他每天 跑 五公里。
Tā měi tiān pǎo wǔ gōnglǐ.
He runs five kilometres every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 公里
他 跑 得满头是汗。
Tā pǎo de mǎn tóu shì hàn.
He ran until his head was covered in sweat.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 汗
他坚持每天 跑 步。
Tā jiānchí měi tiān pǎo bù.
He keeps up his daily running.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 坚持
我每天早上去 跑 步。
Wǒ měi tiān zǎoshang qù pǎobù.
I go running every morning.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 跑步
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From the graded readers
我们 跑 回家，衣服都湿了。
wǒmen pǎo huíjiā, yīfu dōu shī le / liǎo / liào.
We ran home and our clothes were soaked.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
跑 完以后，我觉得很舒服。
pǎowán yǐhòu, wǒ juéde hěn shūfu.
Afterwards I felt great.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
两年前，我决定开始 跑 步。
liǎng niánqián, wǒ juédìng kāishǐ pǎobù.
Two years ago I decided to start running.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
她喜欢 跑 步，每天早上都 跑 。
tā xǐhuan pǎobù, měitiān zǎoshang dōu pǎo.
She likes running and runs every morning.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Friend Lili
我们没有带伞，只好 跑 回家。
wǒmen méiyǒu dài sǎn, zhǐhǎo pǎo huíjiā.
We hadn't brought an umbrella, so we had to run home.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Rainy Day
我 跑 进电梯，看见了我的经理。
wǒ pǎo jìn diàntī, kànjiànle wǒ de(possessive) jīnglǐ.
I ran into the lift and saw my manager.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
我七点就起床了， 跑 了半个小时步。
wǒ qī diǎn jiù qǐchuáng le / liǎo / liào, pǎo le / liǎo / liào bànge xiǎoshí bù.
I got up at seven and ran for half an hour.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
第一天，我 跑 了八分钟就 跑 不动了。
dìyī tiān, wǒ pǎo le / liǎo / liào bā fēnzhōng jiù pǎo budòng le / liǎo / liào.
On the first day I lasted eight minutes before I couldn't go on.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
我最后还是出门了，只 跑 了十五分钟。
wǒ zuìhòu háishì chū mén le / liǎo / liào, zhī pǎo le / liǎo / liào shíwǔ fēnzhōng.
In the end I went out anyway, and only ran fifteen minutes.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
上个月，我 跑 完了人生第一个马拉松。
shànggèyuè, wǒ pǎowán le / liǎo / liào rénshēng dìyī gè mǎlāsōng.
Last month I finished the first marathon of my life.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
我不敢说自己爱上了 跑 步——说实话，我到现在也不太喜欢。
wǒ bùgǎn shuō zìjǐ àishàng le / liǎo / liào pǎobù—— shuō shíhuà, wǒ dào xiànzài yěbù tài xǐhuan.
I wouldn't claim to have fallen in love with running — honestly, I still don't much like it.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
From the grammar library
他 跑 出来了。
Tā pǎo chūlái le.
He ran out.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Directional complements — 上来, 下去, 出来
跑 appears in 60 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 跑
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Questions about 跑
How is 跑 used in a sentence?
This page shows 60 sentences using 跑 (pǎo, "Run (escape - leaking)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 跑 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 跑 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 跑?
The dictionary page for 跑 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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