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The Chinese word 跑 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
pǎo 1. to run
2. to run away; to flee
3. (dialectal) to walk; to stroll; to go to
4. to rush about; to make the rounds; to be busy
5. to leak; to evaporate
6. to go away; to be gone; to be lost
7. (computing, colloquial) to run (a program)
8. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou Hokkien) well-liked; popular
9. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to steal and run away
      - to steal other's money and run away, MN
páo 10. (of an animal) to paw the earth

跑 ⇨ + 包
Component Pinyin Meanings
1.
bāo 1. to wrap up; to enwrap; to bundle up
2. to include; to encompass
3. to cover; to place under cover
4. to assure; to ensure; to guarantee
      滿意 - You're guaranteed to be pleased -
5. to reserve or dedicate for a specific purpose
6. to make a wrapped item
      餃子zi - to make dumplings -
      雲吞 - to make wontons -
      - to make zongzi -
7. to surround
8. (Malaysia, Singapore, slang) Short for 打包, to take away (food)
9. bundle; bunch
10. parcel; package
11. (software) package
     包管理器 - package manager
12. bag; sack
     書包 - schoolbag; backpack
13. bump; swelling
14. yurt
15. (food) baozi
     叉燒包 - char siu bao
     小籠包 - xiaolongbao
16. (food) bun; bread (any small baked good)
     (Alternative form )
     麵包 - bread
     漢堡包 - hamburger
      薯片 - a bag of potato chips
      - Bao Zheng (Chinese politician during the Song dynasty)
17. Only used in 包來

包 ⇨ 勹 + 巳
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. wrap
2. Variant of 包
1. sixth of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
2. snake (蛇) of Chinese zodiac
3. Variant of 已