奔 (bēn)
to run quickly/to rush
How 奔 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 大 — big
- Traditional
- 奔
- Simplified
- 奔 (unchanged)
奔 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- bēn
- to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope
- bèn
- to go to; to head for; towards
Common words using 奔
- 奔放 bēnfàng
- bold and unrestrained; untrammeled
- 奔波 bēnbō
- to rush about; to be constantly on the move
- 奔赴 bēnfù
- to rush to; to hurry to
- 奔跑 bēnpǎo
- to run
- 奔騰 bēnténg
- (of waves) to surge forward; to roll on in waves; to gallop
- 私奔 sībēn
- to elope
- 飛奔 fēibēn
- to dash (run fast); to rush; to dart
- 各奔東西 gèbèndōngxī
- to go separate ways (idiom); to part ways with someone
- 奔命 bēnmìng
- rush about on errands; be kept on the run
- 奔喪 bēnsāng
- hasten home for the funeral of a parent or grandparent
- 奔忙 bēnmáng
- to be busy rushing about; to bustle about
- 奔月 bènyuè
- to fly to the moon
奔 in a sentence
他在操場上奔跑。
Tā zài cāochǎng shàng bēnpǎo.
“He is running on the sports field.”
How common is 奔?
奔 is the 1,283rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 92.7% of all running text.
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