步行

bùxíng

verb HSK 4 #6,317

Meanings

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.

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.

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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