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走开

zǒu kāi · zou kai

Traditional 走開

HSK 2

Meaning

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  1. to leave; to walk away; to beat it
  2. to move aside
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  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)能(néng)走开(zǒukāi)一点(yīdiǎn)吗(ma)？你(nǐ)站(zhàn)在(zài)我(wǒ)的(de)照片(zhàopiàn)里(lǐ)。

    Can you move aside a bit? You are in my photo.

  2. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)走开(zǒukāi)。

    OK, I will move aside.

  3. Dengdeng

    再(zài)走开(zǒukāi)一点(yīdiǎn)，我(wǒ)还是(háishi)看(kàn)到(dào)你(nǐ)。

    A bit more. I can still see you.

  4. Liangliang

    再(zài)走开(zǒukāi)，我(wǒ)就(jiù)在(zài)马路(mǎlù)上(shàng)了(le)。

    Any further and I will be on the road.

  5. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，够(gòu)了(le)！你(nǐ)站(zhàn)着(zhe)别(bié)动(dòng)，我(wǒ)给(gěi)你(nǐ)拍(pāi)。

    OK, enough! Stand still and I will take your photo.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)走(zǒu)开(kāi)的(de)时(shí)候(hou)，房(fáng)子(zi)被(bèi)盗(dào)窃(qiè)了(le)。

Our house was robbed while we were away.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

请(qǐng)你(nǐ)走(zǒu)开(kāi)一(yì)点(diǎn)，让(ràng)我(wǒ)过(guò)去(qù)。

Please move aside a bit and let me pass.

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走
zǒu

to walk; to go

开
kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start

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