趴趴走

Chinese

		to lie on one's stomach	to lie on one's stomach	to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave
trad. (趴趴走)		趴	趴	走
simp. #(趴趴走)		趴	趴	走

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 拋拋走／抛抛走 (pha-pha-cháu), from 拋拋／抛抛 (“to freely roam about as one pleases”) + 走 (“to run”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāpāzǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚ ㄆㄚ ㄗㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pāpāzǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚ ㄆㄚ ㄗㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: papazǒu
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa¹-pʻa¹-tsou³
    • Yale: pā-pā-dzǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: papatzoou
    • Palladius: папацзоу (papaczou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵⁵ pʰä⁵⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

趴趴走

1. (Taiwanese Mandarin) to run all over the place; to go all over the place; to rush about or around

Synonyms

• 東奔西跑／东奔西跑 (dōngbēnxīpǎo)