行走

xíngzǒu
verb HSK 5 #7,732

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 3
Lǎorén xíngzǒu bù fāngbiàn.
It's hard for the elderly person to walk.
HSK 5
Tā zài shāmò lǐ xíngzǒu le sān tiān.
He walked in the desert for three days.
HSK 5
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