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路

lù

HSK 2 Character Measure word 条

What 路 means

1. road
2. journey
3. route
4. line (bus etc)
5. sort; kind

Other readings

路 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Lùsurname Lu

Example sentences

• 看着路。
  Watch the road.
• 我爱的道路
  Wǒ ài de dàolù
  I love roads.
• 我上路了！
  Wǒ shànglù le!
  I'm going now!
• 一路顺风！
  Yīlùshùnfēng!
  Bon voyage!
• 一路平安！
  Yīlùpíng'ān!
  I wish you a good trip!
• 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.

• 赂lùbribe; bribery
• 辂lù(archaic) large carriage, esp. a conveyance for a monarch

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