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

HSK 2

老人行走不方便。

Lǎorén xíngzǒu bù fāngbiàn.

It's hard for the elderly person to walk.

HSK 4

行走江湖需要勇气。

Xíngzǒu jiānghú xūyào yǒngqì.

Wandering the martial arts world takes courage.

HSK 5

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.

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