垃圾道

lājīdào

noun #37,519

Measure Word

一个垃圾道 gè

Meanings

1 garbage chute
2 trash chute (in an apartment building)

Characters

(part of 垃圾, 'garbage')

(part of 垃圾, 'garbage')

passage; channel

Examples

HSK 4

为了卫生，很多小区已经封了垃圾道。

Wèile wèishēng, hěnduō xiǎoqū yǐjīng fēng le lājīdào.

For hygiene reasons, many residential compounds have already sealed off their garbage chutes.

HSK 5

老式公寓里都有垃圾道。

Lǎoshì gōngyù li dōu yǒu lājīdào.

Older apartment buildings all had garbage chutes.

Tips

culture

A feature of older Chinese apartment blocks (1980s-90s 单元楼): a vertical chute running down the building so each floor could drop trash directly to a ground-floor collection point. Most have been bricked up because of smell, fires, and pests, replaced by floor-level 垃圾分类 (garbage-sorting) stations.

Stroke Order

垃 lā

圾 jī

道 dào