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走

zǒu
verb HSK 1 #66

Meanings

  1. 1 to walk
  2. 2 to go
  3. 3 to leave

Characters

走
zǒu
to walk; to go; to leave
Top part resembles a person swinging their arms while walking

Examples

我们走吧。
Wǒmen zǒu ba.
Let's go.
他已经走了。
Tā yǐjīng zǒu le.
He has already left.
走路去学校要二十分钟。
Zǒulù qù xuéxiào yào èrshí fēnzhōng.
It takes twenty minutes to walk to school.

Tips

history
In ancient Chinese, 走 actually meant 'to run.' The meaning shifted over time to 'to walk.' The old meaning of running is preserved in 奔走 (bēnzǒu, to run about).

Stroke Order

走 zǒu