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[1] [粵] run (see Note) [2] [國] walk; go on foot [3] leave; go away; move [4] leak; reveal; let out [5] lose the original shape, flavour, etc Note: The meaning of "run" is mainly used in Cantonese, not in Mandarin. However, we can still find some idiomatic usage of "run" in Standard Written Chinese, e.g. 走馬看花, 奔走相告.
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This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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搦走 nik1 / lik1 zau2 = Takeaway (food) 粵 走馬 zau2 maa5 = gallop or trot along on horseback 走進 zau2 zeon3 = walk in to 走道 zau2 dou6 = footpath, pavement, path, sidewalk 國 走開 zau2 hoi1 = go away; leave 走路 zau2 lou6*2 = [粵] run away; flee [華] walk; go on foot 走甩 zau2 lat1 = to escape from capture 粵 出走 ceot1 zau2 = to leave in a hurry 國 走出 zau2 ceot1 = to move away from, to walk away from 走蔥 zau2 cung1 = "no onions" (when ordering soup, congee) See all 127 compounds (CantoDict reports 128 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 30 examples containing 走
我媽咪走咗未呀? 粵
Has mum left yet? [Lit. I mummy run-already not-yet [particle]? [Said by one of my students :)]]
我走向沙灘 國
I walked towards the beach. [Could possibly be used in spoken Cantonese too, an editor will confirm soon. bernard: spoken cantonese would have a different sentence structure to express this.]
你可以留低﹐亦可以走人﹐對我嚟講都冇所謂。 粵
You can stay or go, it's all the same to me. [Sometimes we need more Cantonese syllables to express the simple English word "or". It's 亦可以 in this sentence. ]
佢粒聲唔出走咗。 粵
She went away without a word. [In Cantonese, the adverb phrase (粒聲唔出) is placed before the verb (走). ]
如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企,重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係!抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …
有隻獅子喺動物園度逃走咗 粵
A lion escaped from the zoo. [Not as common as this version: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/1391/]
等到你返嚟嗰陣﹐佢已經走咗三日喇。 粵
By the time you return, he will have already been gone for three days. [咗 (have been) is a perfective marker in a future tense sentence here.]
喺店舖拎走貨品冇畀錢, 是為之店舖盜竊。 粵
Taking away merchandise from a store without making payment is defined as shoplifting.
唔買走寶。 粵
If you don't buy it, you'll miss out on this best buy. [This four-character sentence is compressed from a longer one "如果你唔買,你就走寶。" Here, the correlative conjunctions (如果/就) and the subject (你) are omitted. ] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |