通路

tōnglù

noun #30,523

Meanings

1 thoroughfare
2 passage
3 pathway
4 channel (literal or figurative — sales channel, signal channel, etc.)

Characters

to go through, connect

Examples

这条小巷是通往主街的通路。

Zhè tiáo xiǎoxiàng shì tōngwǎng zhǔjiē de tōnglù.

This alley is a passage leading to the main street.

我们要打开新的销售通路。

Wǒmen yào dǎkāi xīn de xiāoshòu tōnglù.

We need to open up new sales channels.

Tips

usage

Wider than just a road: 销售通路 (sales channel), 信息通路 (information channel), 神经通路 (neural pathway). For a physical road specifically, 道路 or 通道 are more common.

Stroke Order

通 tōng

路 lù