走廊
zǒuláng
corridor
Characters in this word
廊 láng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 医院的走廊里很安静，只有护士推车经过的声音。 Yīyuàn de zǒuláng lǐ hěn ānjìng, zhǐyǒu hùshi tuīchē jīngguò de shēngyīn. The hospital corridor was very quiet; there was only the sound of nurses pushing trolleys past.
- 孩子们在走廊里跑来跑去，被老师叫住了。 Háizimen zài zǒuláng lǐ pǎo lái pǎo qù, bèi lǎoshī jiào zhù le. The children were running up and down the corridor until the teacher called them to a halt.
- 走廊的尽头有一扇窗，阳光照了进来。 Zǒuláng de jìntóu yǒu yí shàn chuāng, yángguāng zhào le jìnlái. There is a window at the end of the corridor, and sunlight shines in.
Related words
- 走 zǒu to walk, to go
- 走路 zǒulù to walk, to go on foot
- 走过 zǒuguò to walk past
- 走进 zǒujìn to walk into
- 走开 zǒukāi to go away
- 逃走 táozǒu to run away; to escape
- 出走 chūzǒu to run away; to leave home or one’s original place
- 东奔西走 dōngbēnxīzǒu to run around busily; to rush about here and there
- 飞禽走兽 fēiqínzǒushòu birds and beasts; all kinds of animals
- 走过场 zǒuguòchǎng to go through the motions; to do something perfunctorily
- 走弯路 zǒuwānlù to take a detour; to go the wrong way; to make avoidable mistakes
- 走漏 zǒulòu to leak; to divulge