HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Places

路口 lùkǒu “intersection” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 路口 means

  1. intersection
  2. crossing
  3. intersection (of roads)

How to say 路口

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale路lù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale口kǒu3rd tone, dipping

路口 in a sentence

  1. 我们得在下一个路口右拐。

    Wǒmen děi zài xià yí ge lùkǒu yòu guǎi.

    We need to turn right at the next intersection.

    Sentence #10654550 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 在十字路口右转。

    Zài shízìlùkǒu yòu zhuǎn.

    Turn right at the intersection.

    Sentence #389828 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这个十字路口很危险。

    Zhè ge shízìlùkǒu hěn wēixiǎn.

    This intersection is dangerous.

    Sentence #9176191 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 路口 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.

The character 口 (kǒu) with each of its parts in a different colour
口kǒumouth
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidDrawn from an open mouth.

How to write 路口

路 13 strokes · 口 3 strokes

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

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

Words related to 路口

Words with 路

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

Words with 口

门口ménkǒu · doorway口kǒu · mouth入口rùkǒu · entrance口味kǒuwèi · taste胃口wèikǒu · appetite借口jièkǒu · to use as an excuse出口chūkǒu · exit进口jìnkǒu · to import人口rénkǒu · population可口kěkǒu · tasty

More words: Places & Getting Around

马路mǎlù · road东方dōngfāng · the East楼梯lóutī · stairs路边lùbiān · roadside东北dōngběi · northeast小区xiǎoqū · residential estate西南xīnán · southwest西北xīběi · northwest

FAQs

路口 (lùkǒu) means “intersection” or “crossing”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it lùkǒu: lù with a 4th tone, then kǒu with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 路口 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lukou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 路口 from the suggestions. Typing lukou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
路口 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.