公路
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
公路 (gōnglù) · road
公路 (gōnglù) means “road; highway”. It is written with 2 characters: 公 (fair) + 路 (road). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 公路 is built
The characters
公 gōng · fair
What 公 is made of
- 八bā — eight
- 厶sī — private
Origin hint: To divide 八 what is private 厶 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
路 lù · road
What 路 is made of
- 足zú — foot
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 各gè — individual
- 夂zhǐ — to go
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 又yòu — and
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 夂zhǐ — to go
Origin hint: 足 gives the meaning, 各 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这条公路很长。Zhè tiáo gōnglù hěn cháng.This road is very long.
公路上车很多。Gōnglù shàng chē hěn duō.There are a lot of cars on the highway.
Questions about 公路
What does 公路 mean?
公路 (gōnglù) means “road; highway”.
How do you pronounce 公路?
公路 is pronounced gōnglù.
Which HSK level is 公路?
公路 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 办公室bàngōngshìoffice
- 公共汽车gōnggòng qìchēbus
- 公交车gōngjiāochēbus
- 公斤gōngjīnkilogram
- 公里gōnglǐkilometer
- 公平gōngpíngfair
- 公司gōngsīcompany
- 公园gōngyuánpark
- 高速公路gāosù gōnglùexpressway
- 公布gōngbùto announce
Learn 公路 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 36: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.