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马路

mǎ lù

2-character word Traditional 馬路 Measure word 条

What 马路 means

1. street
2. road

The characters in 马路

• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 路lùroad; journey; route

Example sentences

• 马路滑的。
  The street is slippery.
• 她过了马路。
  She came across the street.
• 她怕过马路。
  She was scared to cross the road.
• 别在马路上玩。
  Don't play in the street.
• 过马路不要跑。
  Don't run across the street.
• 咱们穿马路吧。
  Let's cross the street.

Words starting with 马路

• 马路口mǎ lù kǒuintersection (of roads)
• 马路牙子mǎ lù yá zicurb
• 马路沿儿mǎ lù yán rroadside; edge of the road

Words containing 马路

• 过马路guò mǎ lùto cross the street
• 柏油马路bǎi yóu mǎ lùtarred road; asphalt road
• 轧马路yà mǎ lùto stroll around the streets (esp. of a young couple)
• 压马路yà mǎ lùvariant of 轧马路; Taiwan pr. yā mǎ lù

Sounds the same

Read mǎ lù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 马鹿red deer; fool; idiot (from Japanese "baka")
• 马陆millipede