HSK 2 · Places

路 lù “road” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 路 means

  1. road
  2. journey
  3. route
  4. line (bus etc)
  5. sort
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • kind

How to say 路

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale路lù4th tone, falling

路 in a sentence

  1. 这条路是去机场的。

    Zhè tiáo lù shì qù jīchǎng de.

    This road goes to the airport.

    Sentence #1395080 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 对不起，我迷路了。

    Duìbuqǐ, wǒ mílù le.

    Sorry, I’m lost.

    Sentence #382416 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 告诉他我在路上。

    Gàosu tā wǒ zài lùshang.

    Tell him I’m on my way.

    Sentence #3467921 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 路 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 路 (lù) with each of its parts in a different colour
路lùroad 条)
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 各individual · gèSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 各 (gè) hints at the sound. Compare it with lù.

How to write 路

路 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

路 (lù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 路 (lù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 路

Words with 路

路上lùshang · on the road走路zǒulù · to walk马路mǎlù · road路边lùbiān · roadside路口lùkǒu · intersection迷路mílù · to lose the way高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway出路chūlù · way out

More words: Places & Directions

火车站huǒchēzhàn · train station教室jiàoshì · classroom公司gōngsī · company机场jīchǎng · airport旁边pángbiān · side外wài · outside右边yòubian · right side左边zuǒbian · left side

FAQs

路 (lù) means “road” or “journey”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it lù: lù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 路 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 路 from the suggestions. Typing lu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
路 is an HSK 2 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.