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路
lù
路 (lù) means "road; route; journey". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.
What 路 means
- road
- journey
- route
- line (bus etc)
- sort; kind
How 路 is used in grammar
路 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.
Other readings
Example sentences
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看着路。Watch the road.
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我爱的道路Wǒ ài de dàolùI love roads.
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我上路了！Wǒ shànglù le!I'm going now!
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一路顺风！Yīlùshùnfēng!Bon voyage!
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一路平安！Yīlùpíng'ān!I wish you a good trip!
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我走路去。I will go on foot.
Words starting with 路
- 路上lù shangon the road; on the way; en route
- 路边lù biāncurb; roadside; wayside
- 路线lù xiànitinerary; route; political line (e.g. right revisionist road)
- 路口lù kǒucrossing; intersection (of roads)
- 路过lù guòto pass by or through
- 路程lù chéngroute; path traveled; distance traveled
- 路面lù miànroad surface
- 路灯lù dēngstreet lamp; street light
- 路人lù rénpasser-by; stranger
- 路旁lù pángroadside
- 路段lù duànstretch of road; section of a highway or railway
- 路径lù jìngpath; route; method
- 路途lù tú(lit. and fig.) road; path
- 路子lù zimethod; way; approach
- 路况lù kuàngroad condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc)
- 路费lù fèitravel expenses; money for a voyage; toll
- 路由器lù yóu qìrouter (computing)
- 路标lù biāoroad sign
- 路易斯Lù yì sīLouis or Lewis (name)
- 路透社Lù tòu shèReuters News Agency
- 路牌lù páistreet sign; road sign; street nameplate
- 路线图lù xiàn túroute map; (lit. and fig.) roadmap
- 路基lù jī(civil engineering) roadbed
- 路障lù zhàngroadblock; barricade
Words containing 路
- 一路yī lùthe whole journey; all the way; going the same way
- 迷路mí lùto lose the way; lost; labyrinth
- 出路chū lùa way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward…
- 道路dào lùroad; path; way
- 马路mǎ lùstreet; road
- 公路gōng lùhighway; road
- 走路zǒu lùto walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart; (informal) to clear off; to beat it
- 铁路tiě lùrailroad; railway
- 思路sī lùline of thought; way of thinking
- 一路上yī lù shàngalong the way; the whole way; (fig.) the whole time
- 线路xiàn lù(electricity) line; circuit; wire; (traffic) road; track; route
- 小路xiǎo lùminor road; lane; pathway; trail
- 高速公路gāo sù gōng lùexpressway; highway; freeway
- 上路shàng lùto start on a journey; to be on one's way
- 山路shān lùmountain road
- 电路diàn lùelectric circuit
- 十字路口shí zì lù kǒucrossroads; intersection
- 大路dà lùavenue
- 中路zhōng lùmidway; mediocre (quality); midfield (soccer)
- 八路军Bā lù jūnEighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the…
- 赶路gǎn lùto hasten on with one's journey; to hurry on
- 修路xiū lùto repair a road
- 耶路撒冷Yē lù sā lěngJerusalem
- 问路wèn lùto ask for directions; to ask the way (to some place)
Characters built on 各
These share the phonetic component 各 (gè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
Characters that look like 路
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 赐cì(bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant; (literary) gift; favor; Taiwan pr. sì
- 酪lào(bound form) semi-solid food made from milk (junket, cheese etc)…
- 蔡Càisurname Cai
- 夥huǒ(literary) many; numerous
- 跻jī(literary) to ascend; to climb; to mount
- 蜷quánto curl up (like a scroll); to huddle; Melania libertina
Sounds the same
Read lù, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 录to carve wood
- 露dew; syrup; nectar
- 陆(bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)
- 碌used in 劳碌; used in 庸碌; used in 骨碌
- 赂bribe; bribery
- 鹿deer
- 禄good fortune; official salary
- 璐beautiful jade
- 六used in place names
- 绿used in names
- 麓foot of a hill
- 鹭heron
Where 路 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Places and Transport (HSK 2), HSK 2 Characters · Set 12 (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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- Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
- How characters are built from components.
- How to learn Chinese characters.
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