人行道

rénxíngdào

noun HSK 7-9 #8,617

Measure Word

一条人行道 tiáo

Meanings

1 sidewalk; pavement; pedestrian path

Characters

to walk; to travel

Literally 'person-walk-road.' Perfectly logical compound - a road for people to walk on.

Examples

HSK 2

请走人行道，不要走马路。

Qǐng zǒu rénxíngdào, bùyào zǒu mǎlù.

Please walk on the sidewalk, don't walk on the road.

HSK 5

人行道上停满了共享单车。

Rénxíngdào shàng tíng mǎn le gòngxiǎng dānchē.

The sidewalk is full of parked shared bikes.

Tips

usage

Related term: 人行横道 (rénxíng héngdào) is a pedestrian crosswalk (the zebra stripes). 斑马线 (bānmǎxiàn, 'zebra line') is the informal word for crosswalk that everyone actually uses in conversation.

Stroke Order

人 rén

行 xíng

道 dào