同路 (tóng lù) — to go the same way (as someone) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Verb meaning 'to go the same way (as someone)' — implies a shared direction or route, used when traveling together or parting ways.

verb

to go the same way (as someone)

Examples

同路，。
Wǒ men zhèng hǎo tóng lù, yì qǐ zǒu ba.
We happen to be going the same way — let's go together.
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Wǒ gēn tā tóng guò yí cì lù, hòu lái jiù méi lián xì le.
I once went the same way with him, and we lost touch afterwards.
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Suī rán wǒ men bù tóng lù, dàn kě yǐ zài chē zhàn fēn kāi.
Although we aren't going the same way, we can part at the station.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

同 means to share and 路 is the road, so 同路 is to share a road and go the same way.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

同 originally drew a pipe. It is the old form of 筒.

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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