陆路 (lù lù) — land route; overland travel | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

land routeoverland travel

Examples

陆路。
Cóng běi jīng dào lā sà kě yǐ xuǎn zé lù lù huò zhě kōng lù.
From Beijing to Lhasa you can choose the overland route or the air route.
陆路。
Zhè tiáo lù lù yùn shū xiàn yǐ jīng yòng le shàng bǎi nián.
This overland transport route has been used for over a hundred years.
陆路。
Gǔ dài shāng rén tōng guò lù lù bǎ huò wù yùn dào xī fāng guó jiā.
Ancient merchants transported goods to Western countries via overland routes.

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.

The 陆 land meaning specifies the 路 road, giving a route over land.

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 陸; 陆 is its simplified writing.

阝坴陸

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阝Written in full as阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

坴

坴lù陸lù

Same sound today

The traditional form 陸 uses 阝 (written in full as 阜) for the meaning and 坴 for the sound; the simplified 陆 is a later shorthand.

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

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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