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

HSK 4

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.

HSK 4

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