跑遍

pǎobiàn
verb #23,384

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 2
Wǒ pǎobiàn le suǒyǒu de shūdiàn, dōu méi zhǎodào zhè běn shū.
I went to every bookshop but couldn't find this book.
HSK 5
Tā pǎobiàn le zhěnggè chéngshì, zhōngyú zhǎodào nà jiā cāntīng.
She scoured the entire city and finally found that restaurant.

Tips

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

Stroke Order

pǎo
biàn