Chinese word dictionary

走禽

zǒu qín · Ratitae (formerly Cursores) flightless birds such as ostriches

Practice word

Word information

Simplified走禽

Traditional走禽

Pinyinzǒu qín

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

走zǒu

to walk, to run, to flee

禽qín

birds, fowl; to capture; surname

How to learn 走禽

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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走zǒu

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)

走路zǒulù

to walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart; (informal) to clear off; to beat it; (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out

行走xíngzǒu

to walk

走廊zǒuláng

corridor; aisle; hallway; passageway; veranda

出走chūzǒu

to leave home; to go off; to run away

东奔西走dōngbēn-xīzǒu

to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about; to hopscotch; also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠[dong1 pao3 xi1 dian1]