pǎo bù
running; jogging
我喜欢跑步。
wǒ xǐhuān pǎobù.
I like running.
我每天都跑步。
wǒ měitiān dōu pǎobù.
I run every day.
跑步可以锻炼身体。
pǎobù kěyǐ duànliàn shēntǐ.
Running can exercise the body.
竞走 (jìngzǒu)
race walking
慢跑 (mànpǎo)
jogging
散步 (sǎnbù)
walk
坐着 (zuòzhe)
sit
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The Chinese word for "running" is 跑步 (pǎobù). It is a compound word consisting of two characters: 跑 (pǎo), which means "to run," and 步 (bù), which means "step." The character 跑 is composed of two parts: the radical 辵 (chù), which indicates that the word is related to movement, and the phonetic component 夆 (bào), which gives the character its pronunciation. The character 步 is composed of the radical 止 (zhǐ), which means "to stop," and the phonetic component 甫 (fǔ), which gives the character its pronunciation. Together, the two characters 跑 and 步 form the word 跑步, which means "to run."
