道路
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
道路 (dàolù) · road
道路 (dàolù) means “road; way”. It is written with 2 characters: 道 (road) + 路 (road). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 道路 is built
The characters
道 dào · road
What 道 is made of
- 辶 — walking, moving
- 首shǒu — chief
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 自zì — self
- 目mù — eye
- 丷ha — kwukyel
Origin hint: 辶 gives the meaning, 首 gives the sound. (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
这里的道路很干净。Zhèlǐ de dàolù hěn gānjìng.The roads here are very clean.
下雪了，道路安全吗？Xià xuě le, dàolù ānquán ma?It's snowing — are the roads safe?
Questions about 道路
What does 道路 mean?
道路 (dàolù) means “road; way”.
How do you pronounce 道路?
道路 is pronounced dàolù.
Which HSK level is 道路?
道路 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 知道zhīdàoto know
- 道理dàolireason
- 味道wèidaotaste
- 报道bàodàoto report (news)
- 难道nándàocould it be that…?
- 街道jiēdàostreet
- 道歉dàoqiànto apologize
- 打交道dǎjiāodàoto deal with
- 道德dàodémorality
- 地道dìdaoauthentic
Learn 道路 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 36: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.