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路况 (lù kuàng) — road conditions

Definition

路况 is a broad term for current road conditions — surface, traffic, weather — often checked before driving. 路面 is just the physical road surface.

noun
road conditions

Examples

  • 路况？
    Jīn tiān de lù kuàng zěn me yàng?
    How are the road conditions today?
  • ，路况。
    Qián miàn yǒu shì gù, lù kuàng bú tài hǎo.
    There's an accident ahead, the road conditions aren't great.
  • 路况。
    Nǐ kě yǐ yòng shǒu jī chá lù kuàng.
    You can check the road conditions on your phone.

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.

路lùroad
况kuàngcondition

Road and condition combine to mean the state of a road.

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
足足zú
Sound part声符shēngfú
各
各gè路lù
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.

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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 況; 况 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐriver
Sound part声符shēngfú
兄
兄xiōng況kuàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 況 pairs 氵 (river) with 兄 as the sound part; the simplified 况 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the original pieces.

Open 况 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 6Roads & Traffic

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