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走

Mandarin · pinyin zǒu

Meanings

  1. to walk
  2. to go
  3. to run
  4. to move (of vehicle)
  5. to visit
  6. to leave
  7. to go away
  8. to die (euph.)
  9. from
  10. through
  11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 chè zǒu)
  12. to change (shape, form, meaning)
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走
zǒu · walk, go on foot; run; leave; Kangxi radical 156
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3 · zou3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zau2

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character · Etymology 1

  1. to go; to walk; to go on foot
  2. (literary or dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu) to run; to jog
  3. (ergative) to leave; to go away
  4. (literary) to run away; to flee
  5. to reveal; to divulge; to leak
  6. to leak; to let out
  7. (of devices) to run; to work
  8. to move; to shift; to transfer
  9. (euphemistic) to pass away; to die
  10. to change; to lose original shape, flavour, etc.
  11. (Cantonese) to leave out (from a dish); to hold
  12. to pass through
  13. to visit; to call on
  14. a surname, Zou

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Hokkien) alternative form of 行 (kiâⁿ, “to walk”)

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走 · zou3
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Exact source record走 走 [zou3] /to walk/to go/to run/to move (of vehicle)/to visit/to leave/to go away/to die (euph.)/from/through/away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3])/to change (shape, form, meaning)/