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马路
mǎlù
Main
English Definitionstreet; road
Simplified Script马路
Traditional Script馬路
Pinyinmǎlù
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)maa5lou6
Part of Speech(名) noun
Measure Words
Topical Word Lists
Part of society/city streets
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=1 TOCFL=3
Word Decomposition
horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess; (Chinese surname); abbr. for Malaysia 马来西亚
road; journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind; (Chinese surname)

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Words With Same Head Word    
马上mǎshàngat once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)
马桶mǎtǒngchamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet; toilet bowl
马铃薯mǎ líng shǔpotato
马克思主义mǎkèsī zhǔyìMarxism
马来西亚mǎlái xīyàMalaysia
Words With Same Tail Word    
走路zǒulùto walk; to go on foot
网路wǎnglùnetwork (computer, telecom); Internet; Taiwanese term for 网络
公路gōnglùhighway; road
铁路tiělùrailroad; railway
迷路mílùto lose the way; lost; labyrinth; labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
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