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Chinese symbol for “trot”

小跑
xiǎo pǎo
to trot; to jog

The closest CC-CEDICT match for trot is 小跑 (xiǎo pǎo), defined as: to trot; to jog.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
跑 pǎo
to run, to flee, to escape
radical 157 ⾜ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “trot”

WordPinyinMeaning
快步跑kuài bù pǎoto trot

Related words

Other words that share a character with 小跑.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
逃跑táo pǎoto flee from sth; to run away
奔跑bēn pǎoto run

See also: Japanese symbol for “trot”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.