走 (zau2 | zou3) : run; walk

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

走

zau2

zou3

[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.

Stroke count: 7

Level: 1

Radical: (#156)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

走

This word has been viewed 27281 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Nov 2011 14:21

Output this character as a high resolution image

搦走 nik1 / lik1 zau2 = Takeaway (food) 粵

走馬 zau2 maa5 zou3 ma3 = gallop or trot along on horseback

走進 zau2 zeon3 zou3 jin4 = walk in to

走道 zau2 dou6 zou3 dao4 = footpath, pavement, path, sidewalk 國

走開 zau2 hoi1 zou3 kai1 = go away; leave

走路 zau2 lou6*2 zou3 lu4 = [粵] run away; flee [華] walk; go on foot

走甩 zau2 lat1 = to escape from capture 粵

出走 ceot1 zau2 chu1 zou3 = to leave in a hurry 國

走出 zau2 ceot1 zou3 chu1 = to move away from, to walk away from

走蔥 zau2 cung1 zou3 cong1 = "no onions" (when ordering soup, congee)
See all 127 compounds (CantoDict reports 128 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 30 examples containing 走

唔該，我想愛個一號餐，拎走。粵
Excuse me, I would like to have a Meal 1. Take-away.
[scenario: in McDonald's]

我走先喇。粵
I have to leave earlier.

蝸牛走得很慢國
A snail moves slowly.

佢啱啱走咗粵
He just left.
[Lit. He just now go already]

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.]

唔該,走鹽粵
Please don't add any salt.

唔該幫我打包拎走粵
Please wrap it up for me to take away!

喺街上面唔好走嚟走去。粵
Don't chase around on the street.

你媽咪畀唔畀你早走呀？粵
Will your mum let you go early?
[Lit. you mum let-not-let you early run?]

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). ]

我走遍沙灘國
I walk all along the beach.

佢擸走晒啲舊雜誌粵
He collected and took away all the old magazines.

三步擸埋兩步走粵
He walks in long strides.

佢走咗好多冤枉路, 先至搵到呢份工。粵
He has taken many a roundabout way before finding this job.

你走到冇雷公咁遠買貨，點為得過呀粵
It is not worth buying goods from such a faraway place.

佢老婆起佢尾注擸晒啲錢跟佬走咗粵
His wife took all his money and eloped with another man already.

這條路凹凸不平，真難走！
This road is so uneven, it's so difficult to walk!

佢一個屈尾十就走咗粵
He just turned around and he walked away.

因為走投無路而被逼賣兒鬻女
Having no other way out, they were forced to sell their children.

落啲薑蔥就可以辟走陣魚腥味。粵
Drop in some ginger and scallion , can get rid of the fishy smell.

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走咗出嚟粵
A lion escaped from the zoo.

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/]

扐走啲塵。粵
Flick away the dust.

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.

沙地唔食力﹐唔好走咁快。粵
Sandy road surface doesn't provide much friction. Don't run too fast.

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.

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/124/]走[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/124/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">走</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 走
Unicode code for this character: U+8d70 (off-site link)

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵


Characters \| Words \| Sentences \| Chinese Translation \| Chinese Tests \| Forums \| Search Customise CantoDict \| My Vocab Lists \| Useful Reports and Stats \| CantoDict Forum