环路 (huán lù) — ring road, loop road | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

ring roadloop road

Measure word · 条

环路。
Zhè tiáo huán lù shì chéng shì de zhǔ yào jiāo tōng gàn dào.
This ring road is the city's main traffic artery.
环路。
Kāi chē zǒu huán lù kě yǐ bì kāi shì zhōng xīn de dǔ chē.
Driving on the ring road can avoid downtown traffic jams.
环路。
Zhèng fǔ jì huà xīn jiàn yì tiáo huán lù lái huǎn jiě jiāo tōng yā lì.
The government plans to build a new ring road to ease traffic pressure.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

环 is a ring or loop and 路 is a road, so a road that goes around.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 環; 环 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

玉玉yùjade

Sound part声符shēngfú

睘

睘qióng環huán

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 環 pairs 玉 (jade) with a sound part; the simplified 环 is a shorthand and its right side is not the historical sound part.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

各

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

路 combines 足, a foot, with 各, which supplies the sound.