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  lou6   jyutping
  lu4   pinyin
[1] road; path; way; distance
[2] means; course; direction
[3] sequence; line; logic
[4] type; kind; class; grade

noun
Stroke count: 13
Level: 1
Radical: (#157)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 20853 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 31st Aug 2013 05:53

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detail  haang4 lou6   = to walk; to travel
detail  dou6 lou6  dao4 lu4 = road; way; route; path
detail  hang4 jan4 lou6   = pavement; footpath; sidewalk
detail  tit3 lou6  tie3 lu4 = railway (also 火車路); railroad
detail  lou6 hau2  lu4 kou3 = intersection
detail  gung1 lou6  gong1 lu4 = public road; highway
detail  gwo3 maa5 lou6  guo4 ma3 lu4 = to cross the street
detail  maa5 lou6  ma3 lu4 = street
detail  man6 lou6  wen4 lu4 = to ask for directions
detail  zau2 lou6*2  zou3 lu4 = [粵] run away; flee [華] walk; go on foot
See all 284 compounds (CantoDict reports 294 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 24 examples containing 路
detail audio 行路小心
You must be careful when walking.
detail 非常
This road is very narrow
detail audio 行路幾耐?
How long will it take to walk?
detail audio 行路好攰
I walked until my legs were tired.
[We have to repeat the verb 行 because the object 路 and the extent particle 到 are both there in the sentence.]
detail audio 細路仔興奮
The children are getting excited!
detail audio 汽車鏟上行人路
The vehicle mounted the pavement.
detail 巴士半路拋錨
The bus broke down on the way.
[半路 should not be translated literally as halfway, just "along the way" [粵] [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/938/]link[/url] ]
detail 巴士半路拋錨
The bus broke down on the way.
[半路 should not be translated literally as halfway, just "along the way" [國] [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/936/]link[/url] ]
detail 細路仔匿埋下便
The kids are hiding under the table.
[Lit. the kids hide at [counter] table underneath.]
detail 辦公室細路搞到立立亂
The office was turned upside-down by the kids.
[[parsing] (classifier) office by (plural classifier) kids make (extent particle) chaotic http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,128766 ]
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