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The Chinese word for hallway is
走廊

zǒu láng



hallway

Chinese Definition


hallway
     1. 走廊
Components
     1. to go; to walk; to go on foot
           走 吧! (Zǒu ba!) - Let's go!
           他 走 在 我 的 面前。 (Tā zǒu zài wǒ de miànqián.) - He walked before me.
           不 要 走 得de 那麼 快! (Bù yào zǒu de nàme kuài!) - Don't walk so fast!
           走 著着zhe 去 火車站 要 多久? (Zǒu zhe qù huǒchēzhàn yào duōjiǔ?) - How long does it take to walk to the station?
     2. (literary or dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu) to run; to jog
           未學行,先學走 - (figurative) to learn to run before one can walk
     3. (intransitive) to leave; to go away
           我 要 走 了。 (Wǒ yào zǒu le.) - I am going to go. / I am leaving.
           請 你 把 所有 垃圾 拿 走。 (Qǐng nǐ bǎ suǒyǒu lājī ná zǒu.) - Please take away all the trash.
           儂 啥辰光 走? - When are you leaving?, SH
           佢 啱啱 走 咗。 - He/she just left.
     4. (literary) to run away; to flee
           不 戰 而 走 (bù zhàn ér zǒu) - to flee without putting up a fight
     5. to reveal; to divulge; to leak
     6. to leak; to let out
           煤氣 管道 走氣 了。 (Méiqì guǎndào zǒuqì le.) - Gas is leaking from the pipe.
     7. (of devices) to run; to work
           我 的 手錶 不 走 了。 (Wǒ de shǒubiǎo bù zǒu le.) - My watch doesn't work.
     8. to move; to shift; to transfer
           我 的 對手 走 了 一 步 妙棋。 (Wǒ de duìshǒu zǒu le yī bù miàoqí.) - My opponent made a clever move (chess).
           該 你 走 了。 (Gāi nǐ zǒu le.) - It's your move.
     9. (euphemism) to pass away; to die
           聽說 他 是 昨天 晚上 走 的,走 得 很 安詳。 (Tīngshuō tā shì zuótiān wǎnshàng zǒu de, zǒu dé hěn ānxiáng.) - It is said that he passed away last night peacefully.
     10. to change; to lose original shape, flavour, etc.
           鋼琴 走 調diào 了,音色 很 難聽。 (Gāngqín zǒu diào le, yīnsè hěn nántīng.) - The piano was out of tune; it sounded very bad.
     11. (Cantonese) to leave out (from a dish); to hold
           走 蛋daan6-2 - hold the eggs
           一 杯 凍 檸ning4-2茶 走 甜 - a cup of iced lemon tea without sugar
     12. to pass through
           我們 可以 走 這邊 進去。 (Wǒmen kěyǐ zǒu zhèbiān jìnqù.) - We can get in from this side.
     13. to visit; to call on
           他們 兩 家 走 得 很 近。 (Tāmen liǎng jiā zǒu dé hěn jìn.) - The two families often visit each other.
           Zou
     14. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 行 (kiâⁿ, t=to walk)
     1. covered corridor
     2. porch; veranda


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