Sentence #2220879 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 马路 is built
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马mǎhorse
马 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidSimplified from 馬, drawn from a horse with its mane and legs.
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 马路
马 3 strokes · 路 13 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 马路 (mǎlù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
马路 (mǎlù) means “road” or “street”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it mǎlù: mǎ with a 3rd tone, then lù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 马路 is written 馬路. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 条 (tiáo). For example, one road is 一条马路 (yì tiáo mǎlù).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type malu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 马路 from the suggestions. Typing malu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
马路 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.
马mǎ3rd tone, dipping
路lù4th tone, falling
