粵

奔ban1走zau2

ban1 zau2bēn zǒu

English

  1. to run
  2. to be busy running about; to run errands
  3. to rush about
  4. to be on the go

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 為某啲事而四處頻撲

Examples

  • 為咗游説選民,候選人到處奔走演説。

    To persuade voters, the candidate travelled here and there to make speeches

  • 水從噴泉中湧出,在溪流中向下流,在溪澗中奔走,在池塘中安定,在河流中順勢流,在漩渦中迴旋,並形成沼澤。

    Water springs out of a fountain, flows downwards in a brook, runs in a beck, stands in a pond, glides in the stream, is whirled about in a whirlpool and causes fens.

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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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