南京路

Nánjīng Lù
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Nanjing Road (Shanghai's main shopping street)

Examples

HSK 2
Cóng Nánjīnglù zǒu dào Wàitān zhǐyào jǐ fēnzhōng.
It's only a few minutes' walk from Nanjing Road to the Bund.
HSK 4
Nánjīnglù bùxíngjiē rénshānrénhǎi.
The Nanjing Road pedestrian street was packed with people.

Tips

history
Laid out in the 1840s inside Shanghai's British Concession - originally called Park Lane, renamed 南京路 after the 1842 Treaty of Nanjing that opened Shanghai to foreign trade. The split is 南京东路 (pedestrian, Bund end) and 南京西路 (luxury shopping, Jing'an end).

Stroke Order

nán
jīng