长跑 (cháng pǎo) — long-distance running; long-distance run | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

long-distance runninglong-distance run

Measure word · 次

Examples

长跑，。
Tā měi tiān jiān chí cháng pǎo, shēn tǐ yuè lái yuè hǎo le.
He insists on long-distance running every day, and his health is getting better and better.
长跑。
Zhè cì cháng pǎo bǐ sài yǒu wǔ gōng lǐ.
This long-distance race is five kilometers.
长跑。
Cān jiā cháng pǎo xū yào hěn hǎo de nài lì.
Participating in long-distance running requires good endurance.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

长 describes 跑, giving a run over a long distance.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 長; 长 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 長 pictures an old man with long hair. The simplified 长 is a later shorthand, so its strokes do not show that original picture.

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

足足zúfoot

Sound part声符shēngfú

包

包bāo跑pǎo

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

跑 combines 足, showing a foot, with 包, which gives the sound.

Appears in

Sports & Athletics

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