路障 (lù zhàng) — roadblock, barrier (on a road)

Definition

noun
roadblockbarrier (on a road)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 路障。
    Jǐng chá zài lù kǒu shè le yí gè lù zhàng.
    The police set up a roadblock at the intersection.
  • 路障，。
    Qián fāng yǒu lù zhàng, chē liàng bì xū rào xíng.
    There is a roadblock ahead; vehicles must detour.
  • 路障。
    Gōng rén men zhèng zài chāi chú nà ge lù zhàng.
    The workers are removing that roadblock.

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
障zhàngbarrier

路 (road) specifies the kind of 障 (barrier).

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.

Open 路 →

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
阝Written in full as阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
章
章zhāng障zhàng
Same sound today

The left part 阝, written in full as 阜, sits beside 章, which supplies the sound.

Open 障 →
Appears in
Roads & Traffic

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