北路

běilù

noun

Meanings

1 north road
2 (the) north side of a road

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

他家住在中山北路。

Tā jiā zhù zài Zhōng shān Běilù.

His house is on North Zhongshan Road.

HSK 6

沿着这条北路一直走。

Yánzhe zhè tiáo běilù yìzhí zǒu.

Keep walking straight along this north road.

Tips

usage

Chinese cities commonly split long avenues by direction: 北路 (north section), 南路 (south), 东路 (east), 西路 (west). So 中山北路 and 中山南路 are the north and south halves of the same Zhongshan Road.

Stroke Order

北 běi

路 lù