走绳

走繩
zǒushéng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 tightrope walking
  2. 2 rope walking (acrobatic act)

Examples

HSK 3
Tā cóngxiǎo jiù kāishǐ liànxí zǒushéng.
She has been practicing tightrope walking since childhood.
HSK 7-9
Zǒushéng shì Zhōngguó chuántǒng zájì zhīyī.
Tightrope walking is one of China's traditional acrobatic arts.

Tips

culture
走绳 has been part of Chinese 杂技 (acrobatics) for over two thousand years - references appear as early as the Han dynasty in 《西京赋》. Modern term 走钢丝 (walking the steel wire) is the circus equivalent.

Stroke Order

zǒu
shéng