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公路

gōnglù

highway

HSK 2 · Topic “Road and transport”
A car driving on a highway
Memory picture

Characters in this word

公 gōng

Strokes
4
Radical
八 — eight
Made of
八 eight 厶 private, secret
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 公

路 lù

Strokes
13
Radical
足 — foot
Made of
足 foot 各 individual
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 公路很宽。 Gōnglù hěn kuān. The highway is very wide.
  • 车在公路上。 Chē zài gōnglù shàng. The car is on the highway.
  • 这条公路长。 Zhè tiáo gōnglù cháng. This road is long.

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