人行道

rénxíngdào

noun HSK 7 #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

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.

人行道上停满了共享单车。

Rénxíngdào shàng tíngmǎn 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