隧道
Old HSK 6
隧道 (suìdào) · tunnel
隧道 (suìdào) means “tunnel”. It is written with 2 characters: 隧 (tunnel) + 道 (road). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 隧道 is built
The characters
隧 suì · tunnel
What 隧 is made of
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 遂suì — to fail
- 辶 — walking, moving
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 豕shǐ — pig
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 勿wù — must not
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)
Example sentences
火车正在穿过隧道。Huǒchē zhèngzài chuānguò suìdào.The train is going through a tunnel.
这条隧道有五公里长。Zhè tiáo suìdào yǒu wǔ gōnglǐ cháng.This tunnel is five kilometres long.
Questions about 隧道
What does 隧道 mean?
隧道 (suìdào) means “tunnel”.
How do you pronounce 隧道?
隧道 is pronounced suìdào.
Which HSK level is 隧道?
隧道 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 知道zhīdàoto know
- 道理dàolireason
- 道路dàolùroad
- 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
Learn 隧道 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 174: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.