奔波 meaning in English

bēnbō

to rush about; to be constantly on the move

HSK 7-9verb16 strokes

Meaning of 奔波

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bēnbō
  1. to rush about
  2. to be constantly on the move

奔波 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

在zài一yī整zhěng天tiān工gōng作zuò的de奔bēn波bō中zhōng,她tā的de腿tuǐ变biàn得de酸suān痛tòng。
Her feet were tired after a long day at work.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

奔 bèn · to go to · 8 strokes

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波 bō · waves · 8 strokes

  1. 1
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  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 奔波.

奔跑bēnpǎoto run
波动bōdòngto undulate; to fluctuate
波浪bōlàngwave
微波炉wēibōlúmicrowave oven
直奔zhíbènto go straight to; to make a beeline for
波及bōjíto spread to; to involve
风波fēngbōdisturbance; crisis
投奔tóubènto seek shelter; to seek asylum
波涛bōtāobillows; great waves; surging waves
奔赴bēnfùto rush to; to hurry to
波澜bōlánbillows; great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum)
波折bōzhétwists and turns

Questions about 奔波

What does 奔波 mean?

奔波 (bēnbō) means "to rush about; to be constantly on the move" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 奔波?

奔波 is made of 2 characters: 奔 (8 strokes), 波 (8 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 奔波 an HSK word?

Yes. 奔波 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.