路 lù — road, way

Meanings

1. 1

   road, way

   A road, or the way to somewhere. 走路 means to go on foot and 问路 to ask directions; 认识路 is to know the way.

   noun
2. 2

   route number (of a bus)

   noun

   Bus lines are numbered with 路: 我坐三路车 "I take the number 3". The number comes before 路, exactly as with any measure word.

Character breakdown

• 路

  lù (fourth tone, falling)

  road, path, way; a route, a bus line; a way of doing something

  13 strokes⿰⻊各Radical 足

Example sentences

• 对不起，我不认识路。/對不起，我不認識路。Duìbuqǐ, (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) bú (second tone, rising) rènshi (fourth tone, falling) lù. (fourth tone, falling)···

  Sorry, I don’t know the way.

• 从学校走路回家要二十分钟。/從學校走路回家要二十分鐘。Cóng (second tone, rising) xuéxiào (second tone, rising) zǒulù (third tone, dipping) huí (second tone, rising) jiā (first tone, high and level) yào (fourth tone, falling) èrshí (fourth tone, falling) fēnzhōng. (first tone, high and level)···

  Walking home from school takes twenty minutes.

Similar words

Words containing 路

• 路上lù (fourth tone, falling) shang (neutral tone)on the road
• 道路dào (fourth tone, falling) lù (fourth tone, falling)road
• 公路gōng (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling)highway
• 一路yī (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling)the whole journey
• 路线/路線lù (fourth tone, falling) xiàn (fourth tone, falling)itinerary
• 线路/線路xiàn (fourth tone, falling) lù (fourth tone, falling)(electricity) line; circuit; wire
• 路过/路過lù (fourth tone, falling) guò (fourth tone, falling)to pass by or through
• 铁路/鐵路tiě (third tone, dipping) lù (fourth tone, falling)railroad
• 走路zǒu (third tone, dipping) lù (fourth tone, falling)to walk
• 马路/馬路mǎ (third tone, dipping) lù (fourth tone, falling)street
• 思路sī (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling)line of thought; way of thinking
• 路边/路邊lù (fourth tone, falling) biān (first tone, high and level)curb; roadside; wayside
• 路口lù (fourth tone, falling) kǒu (third tone, dipping)crossing
• 出路chū (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling)a way out (of a difficulty etc)
• 路程lù (fourth tone, falling) chéng (second tone, rising)route
• 一路上yī (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling) shàng (fourth tone, falling)along the way
• 路人lù (fourth tone, falling) rén (second tone, rising)passer-by