(zǒu) - to walk; to leave, to go in Mandarin
zǒuTraditional: 走
Translation
to walk; to leave, to go
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Word origin
Originally a pictograph of a person running, shown with swinging arms above and a foot (止, zhǐ) below. The early sense was to run; in modern Mandarin it has shifted to mean to walk, to go or to leave. The lower 止 element still marks it as a motion character.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- 夭 (a running figure with swinging arms) + 止 (zhǐ, foot)
Stroke order
走
Examples
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Let us walk there.
。
He has already left.
？
Which route are you taking?
。
We walked too quickly.
，。
It is getting late, I will leave first.
Where this fits
Appears in 3 words
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走: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 4: More people, more words.