Chinese Word of the Day
走廊zǒu láng
hallway
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 走廊 | zǒuláng | |
| 1. n. corridor; hallway; aisle; passageway | ||
| 2. n. corridor (land linking two areas) | ||
| 3. n. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) balcony of a building | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| hallway | ||
| 1. 走廊 | ||
| Components | ||
| 走 | zǒu | |
| 1. to go; to walk; to go on foot | ||
| 走 吧！ (Zǒu ba!) - Let's go! | ||
| 他 走 在 我 的 面前。 (Tā zǒu zài wǒ de miànqián.) - He walked before me. | ||
| 不 要 走 得de 那麼 快！ (Bù yào zǒu de nàme kuài!) - Don't walk so fast! | ||
| 走 著着zhe 去 火車站 要 多久？ (Zǒu zhe qù huǒchēzhàn yào duōjiǔ?) - How long does it take to walk to the station? | ||
| 2. (literary or dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu) to run; to jog | ||
| 未學行，先學走 - (figurative) to learn to run before one can walk | ||
| 3. (intransitive) to leave; to go away | ||
| 我 要 走 了。 (Wǒ yào zǒu le.) - I am going to go. / I am leaving. | ||
| 請 你 把 所有 垃圾 拿 走。 (Qǐng nǐ bǎ suǒyǒu lājī ná zǒu.) - Please take away all the trash. | ||
| 儂 啥辰光 走？ - When are you leaving?, SH | ||
| 佢 啱啱 走 咗。 - He/she just left. | ||
| 4. (literary) to run away; to flee | ||
| 不 戰 而 走 (bù zhàn ér zǒu) - to flee without putting up a fight | ||
| 5. to reveal; to divulge; to leak | ||
| 6. to leak; to let out | ||
| 煤氣 管道 走氣 了。 (Méiqì guǎndào zǒuqì le.) - Gas is leaking from the pipe. | ||
| 7. (of devices) to run; to work | ||
| 我 的 手錶 不 走 了。 (Wǒ de shǒubiǎo bù zǒu le.) - My watch doesn't work. | ||
| 8. to move; to shift; to transfer | ||
| 我 的 對手 走 了 一 步 妙棋。 (Wǒ de duìshǒu zǒu le yī bù miàoqí.) - My opponent made a clever move (chess). | ||
| 該 你 走 了。 (Gāi nǐ zǒu le.) - It's your move. | ||
| 9. (euphemism) to pass away; to die | ||
| 聽說 他 是 昨天 晚上 走 的，走 得 很 安詳。 (Tīngshuō tā shì zuótiān wǎnshàng zǒu de, zǒu dé hěn ānxiáng.) - It is said that he passed away last night peacefully. | ||
| 10. to change; to lose original shape, flavour, etc. | ||
| 鋼琴 走 調diào 了，音色 很 難聽。 (Gāngqín zǒu diào le, yīnsè hěn nántīng.) - The piano was out of tune; it sounded very bad. | ||
| 11. (Cantonese) to leave out (from a dish); to hold | ||
| 走 蛋daan6-2 - hold the eggs | ||
| 一 杯 凍 檸ning4-2茶 走 甜 - a cup of iced lemon tea without sugar | ||
| 12. to pass through | ||
| 我們 可以 走 這邊 進去。 (Wǒmen kěyǐ zǒu zhèbiān jìnqù.) - We can get in from this side. | ||
| 13. to visit; to call on | ||
| 他們 兩 家 走 得 很 近。 (Tāmen liǎng jiā zǒu dé hěn jìn.) - The two families often visit each other. | ||
| Zou | ||
| 14. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 行 (kiâⁿ, t=to walk) | ||
| 廊 | láng | |
| 1. covered corridor | ||
| 2. porch; veranda | ||
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Pronunciation
zǒu láng
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