A woman asked me for directions.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
问路
to ask for directions
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to ask for directions
02
to ask the way (to some place)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 问路 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 问路 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I asked a policeman for directions.
Better to ask the way than go astray.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 问路.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 问路.
Directly before
- 我问路1
- 警察问路1
Directly after
- 问路总1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 问路
What does 问路 mean in Chinese?
问路 (wènlù) means to ask for directions.
How do you pronounce 问路?
问路 is pronounced wènlù.
Is 问路 an HSK word?
问路 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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