Definition & Meaning

road; avenue; street; (in a broad sense) highways

Word usage

Words with ma lu

mǎ lù

马 路

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n.infmlroad; avenue; street; (in a broad sense) highways
- guò mǎ lù qián yào kàn qīng lái wǎng chē liàng
  过马路前要看清来往车辆。
  Look about you before crossing the street.
- tā tuī zhe zì xíng chē chuān guò le mǎ lù
  他推着自行车穿过了马路。
  He wheeled his bicycle across the road.
- tā men zhèng tuò kuān mǎ lù
  他们正拓宽马路。
  They're widening the road.
- dà mǎ lù
  大马路
  main road
- yī tiáo mǎ lù
  一条马路
  a road
- guò mǎ lù
  过马路
  cross a road
- cōng cōng chuān guò mǎ lù
  匆匆穿过马路
  hurry across a road
- luàn chuān mǎ lù
  乱穿马路
  jaywalk across a road
- shuǐ ní mǎ lù
  水泥马路
  cement road
- jiāo tōng fán máng de mǎ lù
  交通繁忙的马路
  a busy road
- hùn níng tǔ mǎ lù
  混凝土马路
  a concrete street
- héng chōng guò mǎ lù
  横冲过马路
  across the road
- qǐng dà jiā bāng zhù ér tóng guò mǎ lù
  请大家帮助儿童过马路。
  Please help children across the road.
- yǒu rén qì fèn hǎn dào mǎ lù bèi shì bīng fēng suǒ le
  有人气愤喊道：“马路被士兵封锁了。”
  Excited voices were shouting that the road was blocked by soldiers.
synonym
dào lù道路 gōng lù公路 chē dào车道

Word usage

Note
"马路" is different from "道路" and "公路". "道路" is the collective term for all roads; "公路" mostly refers to a wide road outside the city for vehicles to pass through; "马路" refers to a wide road for vehicles to pass through in cities and suburbs.
common measure word
"马路" is often matched with measure word "条".
- 一条马路
  one road

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