跑 paau² {pǎo}

(verb) Jog

跑 paau² {pǎo}

1. to run
2. to run away
3. to escape
4. to run around (on errands etc)
5. (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate
6. (verb complement) away
7. off

跑 paau² {páo}

(of an animal) to paw (the ground)

跑街 paau² gaai¹ {pǎo jiē}

delivery person (spoken)

跑錶〔-表〕 paau² biu¹ {pǎo biǎo}

stopwatch

跑步 paau² bou⁶ {pǎo bù}

1. to run
2. to jog
3. (military) to march at the double

跑車〔-车〕 paau² ce¹ {pǎo chē}

1. racing bicycle
2. sporting bicycle
3. sports car
4. logging truck
5. on the job (of a train conductor)

跑出 paau² ceot¹ {pǎo chū}

to run out

跑電〔-电〕 paau² din⁶ {pǎo diàn}

electrical leakage

跑調〔-调〕 paau² diu⁶ {pǎo diào}

to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)

跑掉 paau² diu⁶ {pǎo diào}

1. to run away
2. to take to one's heels

跑道 paau² dou⁶ {pǎo dào}

1. athletic track
2. track
3. runway (i.e. airstrip)

跑法 paau² faat³ {pǎo fǎ}

1. running style
2. racing technique

跑鞋 paau² haai⁴ {pǎo xié}

running shoes

跑酷 paau² huk⁶ {pǎo kù}

parkour, French sport invented by David Belle in 1980s, with the aim of efficiently traversing obstacles in the environment

跑壘〔-垒〕 paau² leoi⁵ {pǎo lěi}

running between bases (in baseball)

跑馬〔-马〕 paau² maa⁵ {pǎo mǎ}

1. horse race
2. to ride a horse at a fast pace
3. wet dream

跑味 paau² mei⁶ {pǎo wèi}

to lose flavor

跑遍 paau² pin³ {pǎo biàn}

1. to go everywhere
2. to scour (the whole town)

跑票 paau² piu³ {pǎo piào}

1. to vote against the party line
2. to vote contrary to one's promise

跑題〔-题〕 paau² tai⁴ {pǎo tí}

1. to digress
2. to stray from the topic

跑腿 paau² teoi² {pǎo tuǐ}

to run errands

跑堂 paau² tong⁴ {pǎo táng}

waiter (old)

跑走 paau² zau² {pǎo zǒu}

1. to escape
2. to flee
3. to run away

跑步者 paau² bou⁶ ze² {pǎo bù zhě}

runner

跑警報〔--报〕 paau² ging² bou³ {pǎo jǐng bào}

to run for shelter

跑江湖 paau² gong¹ wu⁴ {pǎo jiāng hú}

to make a living as a traveling performer etc

跑壘員〔-垒员〕 paau² leoi⁵ jyun⁴ {pǎo lěi yuán}

runner (in baseball)

跑龍套〔-龙-〕 paau² lung⁴ tou³ {pǎo lóng tào}

to play a small role

跑馬地〔-马-〕 paau² maa⁵ dei² {Pǎo mǎ dì}

Happy Valley (suburb of Hong Kong)

跑馬山〔-马-〕 paau² maa⁵ saan¹ {Pǎo mǎ Shān}

Paoma Mountain in Kangding 康定, Sichuan

跑馬廳〔-马厅〕 paau² maa⁵ teng¹ {pǎo mǎ tīng}

1. horse racing track
2. racetrack

跑味兒〔--儿〕 paau² mei⁶ ji⁴ {pǎo wèi r}

to lose flavor

跑神兒〔--儿〕 paau² san⁴ ji⁴ {pǎo shén r}

1. absent-minded
2. one's mind is wandering

跑腿兒〔--儿〕 paau² teoi² ji⁴ {pǎo tuǐ r}

to run errands

跑腿子 paau² teoi² zi² {pǎo tuǐ zi}

1. (dialect) to live as a bachelor
2. bachelor

跑馬圈地〔-马--〕 paau² maa⁵ hyun¹ dei⁶ {pǎo mǎ quān dì}

rushing to stake one's claim in new markets

跑跑顛顛〔--颠颠〕 paau² paau² din¹ din¹ {pǎo pǎo diān diān}

1. to work hectically
2. to be on the go
3. to run around attending to various tasks

跑堂兒的〔--儿-〕 paau² tong⁴ ji⁴ dik¹ {pǎo táng r de}

waiter

跑了和尚，跑不了廟〔--------庙〕 paau² liu⁵ wo⁴ soeng² ，paau² bat¹ liu⁵ miu⁶ {pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào}

1. the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
2. you can run this time, but you'll have to come back
3. I'll get you sooner or later

跑了和尚，跑不了寺 paau² liu⁵ wo⁴ soeng² ，paau² bat¹ liu⁵ zi⁶ {pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo sì}

1. the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
2. you can run this time, but you'll have to come back
3. I'll get you sooner or later

跑得了和尚，跑不了廟〔---------庙〕 paau² dak¹ liu⁵ wo⁴ soeng² ，paau² bat¹ liu⁵ miu⁶ {pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào}

1. the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
2. you can run this time, but you'll have to come back
3. I'll get you sooner or later