HSK 4 · Verbs

迷路 mílù “to lose the way” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 迷路 means

  1. to lose the way
  2. lost
  3. labyrinth
  4. labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)

How to say 迷路

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale迷mí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale路lù4th tone, falling

迷路 in a sentence

  1. 对不起，我迷路了。

    Duìbuqǐ, wǒ mílù le.

    Sorry, I’m lost.

    Sentence #382416 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她总是迷路。

    Tā zǒngshì mílù.

    She always gets lost.

    Sentence #1350131 from Tatoeba

  3. 我在澳洲迷路了。

    Wǒ zài Àozhōu mílù le.

    I got lost in Australia.

    Sentence #14013554 from Tatoeba

How 迷路 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 迷 (mí) with each of its parts in a different colour
迷míto bewilder
  • 米rice · mǐSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 米 (mǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with mí.

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 迷路

迷 9 strokes · 路 13 strokes

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

Words related to 迷路

Words with 迷

球迷qiúmí · fan (ball sports)昏迷hūnmí · to fall unconscious迷惑míhuò · to confuse迷人mírén · charming着迷zháomí · to be fascinated迷信míxìn · superstition

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路口lùkǒu · intersection高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway出路chūlù · way out

More words: Common Verbs

理发lǐfà · to get a haircut连lián · even (连…都/也)留liú · to stay免费miǎnfèi · free (of charge)弄nòng · to do排队páiduì · to line up排列páiliè · to arrange in order陪péi · to accompany

FAQs

迷路 (mílù) means “to lose the way” or “lost”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it mílù: mí with a 2nd 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.
Yes. 迷路 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type milu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 迷路 from the suggestions. Typing milu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
迷路 is an HSK 4 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.