步行

bùxíng

verb HSK 5 #6,317

Meanings

HSK 2

学校离家很近，我每天步行去。

Xuéxiào lí jiā hěn jìn, wǒ měitiān bùxíng qù.

The school is close to home - I walk there every day.

HSK 2

从这里步行到地铁站要十分钟。

Cóng zhèlǐ bùxíng dào dìtiězhàn yào shí fēnzhōng.

It takes ten minutes to walk from here to the subway station.

HSK 3

步行街上人很多。

Bùxíngjiē shang rén hěn duō.

There are many people on the pedestrian street.

usage

步行 is more formal than 走路. It's used on signs (步行街 = pedestrian street) and in giving directions. In daily speech 走路 or 走 is more common.

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