球道 (qiú dào) — fairway (in golf); lane (in bowling) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Technical sports term for a 'fairway' (golf) or 'lane' (bowling) — the marked playing strip where the ball travels.

noun

fairway (in golf)lane (in bowling)

Measure word · 条

Examples

球道。
Gāo ěr fū qiú chǎng shàng de qiú dào hěn kuān kuò.
The fairways on golf courses are very wide.
球道。
Bǎo líng qiú dào de qiú dào hěn guāng huá.
The bowling lane is very smooth.
，球道。
Tā dǎ le yí gè hǎo qiú, qiú luò zài qiú dào shàng.
He hit a good shot, and the ball landed on the fairway.

Origin

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.

球 means ball and 道 means path, together naming the path a ball travels.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

玉玉yùjade

Sound part声符shēngfú

求

求qiú球qiú

Same sound today

球 is built from 玉, meaning jade, and 求, which gives the sound.

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

行行xíngstreet

止止zhǐfoot

Sound part声符shēngfú

𩠐

首shǒu道dào

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

Early 道 showed a street 行, a foot 止, and a part written 首 or 𩠐; the right part of 行 later disappeared.

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