跑遍

pǎobiàn

verb #23,384

Meanings

1 to run all over
2 to go everywhere
3 to scour (a place)

Characters

all over; throughout; everywhere

Examples

她跑遍了整个城市，终于找到那家餐厅。

Tā pǎobiàn le zhěnggè chéngshì, zhōngyú zhǎodào nà jiā cāntīng.

She scoured the entire city and finally found that restaurant.

我跑遍了所有的书店，都没找到这本书。

Wǒ pǎobiàn le suǒyǒu de shūdiàn, dōu méi zhǎodào zhè běn shū.

I went to every bookshop but couldn't find this book.

Tips

grammar

遍 (biàn) is a resultative complement meaning 'all over' or 'throughout'. The pattern V + 遍 appears in many verbs: 走遍 (to travel all over), 看遍 (to have seen everything), 访遍 (to have visited everywhere).

Stroke Order

跑 pǎo

遍 biàn