| 跑 | 615A00 40B.70-9 | 部居  | 畫數 12 | ㄆㄠˇ [pao3] (*ㄆㄠˊ [pao2] ). | ||
| V.i. | (1) Run, escape: 跑來跑去 run about; 跑出來 rush out; 他跑了 he has escaped; 跑開了 has left; 跑細了腿 rush about for nothing (wear one's legs out); 跑跑顛顛的 rush about like mad. (2) Walk, move: 跑不動 cannot walk any more. (3) (Also [pao2]) to make a dash or sprint. | |||||
| V.t. | Used in specific phrr. like “running errands”: 跑外的 or 跑街的 ([pao3] or [pao2]) employee for running errands, one for field work, itinerant salesman, pedlar; 跑海 travelling salesman; 跑單幫 commercial traveller who makes trips for special purpose; 跑堂（兒）的 restaurant waiter (Peking dial.); 跑廳的 servant in brothels (Peking dial); 跑途子貨 (contempt.) woman of loose morals, streetwalker; 跑上房 (maid or servant) serve in inner court; 跑警報 run for air raid shelter; 跑賬的 collector of debts; 跑旱船 a kind of vaudeville act; 足跑地 (*[pao2]), dig ground with foot or hoof. | |||||
| Words | 1. 跑冰 [pao3bing1], V.i., ice skate. 2. 跑道 [pao3dao4], n., athletic track; n., 跑道兒 V.i., run around. 3. 跑肚子 [pao3du4zi0], V.i., have loose bowels (make constant trips to toilet). 4. 跑狗 [pao2gou3], v.i. & n., dog race; 跑狗場 dog race stadium. 5. 跑馬 [pao2ma3], v.i. & n., horse race; v.i. & n., 跑馬場（廳） n., race course. 6. 跑腿 [pao2tui3], n. & V.i., footman, courier, messenger; run on errand. | |||||