行走

xíngzǒu

verb HSK 7-9 #7,732

Meanings

1 to walk; to travel on foot
2 to move about; to get around

Characters

to walk; to travel; to go

to walk; to go; to leave

Examples

老人行走不方便。

Lǎorén xíngzǒu bù fāngbiàn.

It's hard for the elderly person to walk.

他在沙漠里行走了三天。

Tā zài shāmò lǐ xíngzǒu le sān tiān.

He walked in the desert for three days.

行走江湖需要勇气。

Xíngzǒu jiānghú xūyào yǒngqì.

Wandering the martial arts world takes courage.

Tips

usage

行走 is more formal and literary than 走 (walk) or 走路 (walk, colloquial). It often appears in written Chinese, news, or martial arts contexts like 行走江湖 (roaming the jianghu).

Stroke Order

行 xíng

走 zǒu