走廊 (zǒuláng) · corridor

走廊 (zǒuláng) means “corridor; hallway”. It is written with 2 characters: 走 (to walk) + 廊 (corridor). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).

How 走廊 is built

What 走 is made of

土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
  - 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
止zhǐ — to stop
- 上shàng — up
  - ⺊ — structural part
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke

Origin hint: Someone 土 stepping with their foot 止 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

What 廊 is made of

广guǎng — broad
- 丶 — dot
- 厂chǎng — cliff
郎láng — gentleman
- 良liáng — good
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
  - 丨 — vertical stroke

请不要在走廊里跑。Qǐng búyào zài zǒuláng lǐ pǎo.Please don't run in the corridor.

走廊两边挂着学生的画。Zǒuláng liǎngbiān guàzhe xuésheng de huà.Students' paintings hang on both sides of the hallway.

What does 走廊 mean?

走廊 (zǒuláng) means “corridor; hallway”.

How do you pronounce 走廊?

走廊 is pronounced zǒuláng.

Which HSK level is 走廊?

走廊 is in Old HSK 6.

Learn 走廊 with its group

It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 248: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.