HSK 2 · Coming & going

走开

zǒu kāi

to go away

Stroke order of 走开

2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

走 · 7 strokes 开 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

Walk (走) away (开): go away.

Parts: 走 walk + 开 open

The characters in 走开

走 zǒu — to walk; to leave (7 strokes)
开 kāi — to open; to drive (4 strokes)

Example sentence

请走开，别挡路。

Please go away, don't block the road.

Words with 走

走to walk; to leave 走路to walk 走过to walk past 走进to walk into

Words with 开

开会to have a meeting 开车to drive 开to open; to drive 打开to open; to turn on 开玩笑to joke 开学school starts 开机to turn on (a device)开心happy 离开to leave 分开to separate 开业to open for business 推开to push open 公开open; to make public 开始to start; beginning 开发to develop 开放to open; open 开展to carry out; to launch 展开to unfold; to launch

More words: Coming & going

进入to enter 离开to leave 走过to walk past 走进to walk into 过来to come over 经过to pass; through 通过to pass; by means of 通to connect; to go through 站住to stop; halt 停to stop 排row; to line up 排队to queue 靠to lean on; to depend on 身边by one's side

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