徒步走 (tú bù zǒu) — hiking, trekking (as an activity)

Definition

noun

hikingtrekking (as an activity)

徒步走。
Wǒ xǐ huan zài zhōu mò qù shān lǐ tú bù zǒu.
I like to go hiking in the mountains on weekends.
徒步走。
tú bù zǒu Shì yì zhǒng hěn hǎo de duàn liàn fāng shì.
Hiking is a great form of exercise.
徒步走。
Tā men jì huà yòng sān tiān shí jiān tú bù zǒu chuān yuè zhè piàn sēn lín.
They plan to spend three days hiking through this forest.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辵辵chuòwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

土

Same sound today

徒 originally paired 辵, a walking sign, with 土 to show its sound. The shape later changed into 彳 and 走.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

止止步

步 uses two 止 (foot) forms, one reversed, to show one foot stepping in front of the other.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original shape showed a running man, with a foot added later.