路 (lou6 | lu4) : road; path; way; means; line

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路

lou6

lu4

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

(Classifier(s): 條)

Stroke count: 13

Level: 1

Radical: (#157)

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

路

This word has been viewed 22566 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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行路 haang4 lou6 = to walk; to travel 粵

道路 dou6 lou6 dao4 lu4 = road; way; route; path

行人路 hang4 jan4 lou6 = pavement; footpath; sidewalk 粵

鐵路 tit3 lou6 tie3 lu4 = railway (also 火車路); railroad

路口 lou6 hau2 lu4 kou3 = intersection

公路 gung1 lou6 gong1 lu4 = public road; highway

過馬路 gwo3 maa5 lou6 guo4 ma3 lu4 = to cross the street

馬路 maa5 lou6 ma3 lu4 = street

問路 man6 lou6 wen4 lu4 = to ask for directions

走路 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)

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行路要小心。粵
You must be careful when walking.

呢條路非常窄粵
This road is very narrow

行路要幾耐呀? 粵
How long will it take to walk?

我行路行到雙腳好攰。粵
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.]

細路仔好興奮！粵
The children are getting excited!

汽車鏟上行人路粵
The vehicle mounted the pavement.

巴士在半路上拋錨國
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] ]

巴士喺半路拋錨粵
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] ]

啲細路仔匿埋喺張枱下便粵
The kids are hiding under the table.
[Lit. the kids hide at [counter] table underneath.]

間辦公室俾啲細路搞到立立亂。粵
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 ]

咪用藤條拂細路。粵
Don't hit kids with a cane.
[Lit. don't use cane whip children.]

這條路崎嶇不平國
The road was rough, not smooth

佢走咗好多冤枉路, 先至搵到呢份工。粵
He has taken many a roundabout way before finding this job.

條路好滑，佢唔小心躀咗一跤粵
The road was very slippery. He wasn't careful and slipped.

條路好婄！粵
This road is really soft!

還帶著睡眼惺忪的小學生在路旁等校車。國
The sleepy-eyed students are waiting for the school bus by the road.

這條路凹凸不平，真難走！
This road is so uneven, it's so difficult to walk!

佢挽住個手袋過馬路粵
She was crossing the road while carrying a handbag.

因為走投無路而被逼賣兒鬻女
Having no other way out, they were forced to sell their children.

條路又攣捐又遠粵
It is a long and winding road.

而家啲細路真係身在福中不知福！粵
Children nowadays really don't know how fortunate they are.

哪懼明天風高路斜
What could there be to fear from the adversity ahead?
[Literally: what could (we) fear from tomorrow's high winds and crooked roads]

呢啲山路係咁𪙛𠸉㗎喇，千祈要用低波行呀。粵
You must engage low gears when you drive as these mountain roads are very uneven.

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