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.

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