HSK 6 · Transport

桥梁 qiáoliáng “bridge” in Chinese

Traditional 橋梁

What 桥梁 means

  1. bridge
  2. bridge (lit. and fig.)

How to say 桥梁

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale桥qiáo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale梁liáng2nd tone, rising

桥梁 in a sentence

  1. 一条小路跨过桥梁，穿过田野，还爬上小丘。

    Yì tiáo xiǎolù kuàguò qiáoliáng, chuānguò tiányě, hái pá shàng xiǎoqiū.

    A small road ran across the bridge, through the fields, and over a hill.

    Sentence #5655280 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 桥梁 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 桥 (qiáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
桥qiáobridge
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 乔tall · qiáoSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 乔 (qiáo) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiáo.

The character 梁 (liáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
梁liángroof beam
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 刅to create
  • 木tree · mù

How to write 桥梁

桥 10 strokes · 梁 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 桥梁

Words with 桥

桥qiáo · bridge立交桥lìjiāoqiáo · overpass

More words: Everyday Things

轮船lúnchuán · steamship轮胎lúntāi · tyre码头mǎtou · dock逆行nìxíng · to go the wrong way (against traffic)启程qǐchéng · to set out (on a journey)刹车shāchē · to brake失事shīshì · (of a plane or ship) to crash隧道suìdào · tunnel

FAQs

桥梁 (qiáoliáng) means “bridge” or “bridge (lit. and fig.)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qiáoliáng: qiáo with a 2nd tone, then liáng with a 2nd 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, 桥梁 is written 橋梁. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiaoliang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 桥梁 from the suggestions. Typing qiaoliang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
桥梁 is an HSK 6 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.