Chinese words starting with “zou”

12 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable zou. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 4 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.

Initial z · final ou · hear the four tones and see example characters →

3rd tone 9
4th tone 3

Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.

Common words with this syllable

走路zǒu lùHSK 1
to walk; to go on foot
走过zǒu guòHSK 2
to walk past; to pass by
走开zǒu kāiHSK 2
to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
走进zǒu jìnHSK 2
to enter

All 12 words

#	Word	Pinyin	POS	Meaning
1	走	zǒu	v	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 走); to change (shape, form, meaning)
2	走廊	zǒu láng	n	corridor; aisle; hallway; passageway; veranda
3	揍	zòu	v,vn	to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth)
4	走私	zǒu sī	v,vn	to smuggle; to have an illicit affair
5	奏	zòu	v	to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
6	走近	zǒu jìn	v	to approach; to draw near to
7	奏效	zòu xiào	v	to show results; to be effective
8	走投无路	zǒu tóu wú lù	l	to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate
9	走后门	zǒu hòu mén	v	lit. to enter by the back door; fig. to gain influence by pull or unofficial channels; back door or under the counter connections
10	走漏	zǒu lòu	v	to leak (information, secrets etc); to smuggle and evade tax; to suffer shrinkage (partial loss of goods due to theft etc)
11	走过场	zǒu guò chǎng	v	to go through the motions
12	走弯路	zǒu wān lù	v	to take an indirect route; to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method

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