Guānguāng bāshì chuānguò le yì tiáo chángcháng de suìdào.
The sightseeing bus went through a long tunnel.
Sentence #729492 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 隧道 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.
隧suìtunnel
阝placeMeaning part
遂to fail · suíSound part
阝 hints at the meaning (place); 遂 (suí) hints at the sound. Compare it with suì.
道dàoroad; path 条,股)
首head · shǒuSound part
辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part
辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 首 (shǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with dào.
Memory aidPicture walking 辶 with your head 首 leading the way: a road, a way.
How to write 隧道
隧 14 strokes · 道 12 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 隧道 (suìdào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
Say it suìdào: suì with a 4th tone, then dào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 隧道 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type suidao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 隧道 from the suggestions. Typing suidao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
隧道 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.
隧suì4th tone, falling
