day 21on the road

on the road

Talk about traffic, vehicles and directions, and use 把 with a thing or event as the subject.

today’s words

• 路况 lùkuàng · road and traffic conditions
• 路面 lùmiàn · road surface
• 路程 lùchéng · distance, journey
• 畅通 chàngtōng · flowing freely, unblocked
• 拥挤 yōngjǐ · crowded
• 高峰 gāofēng · peak, rush hour
• 机动车 jīdòngchē · motor vehicle
• 摩托车 mótuōchē · motorbike
• 货车 huòchē · lorry, truck
• 客车 kèchē · coach, long-distance bus
• 轮 lún · wheel; to take turns; (measure) a round
• 轮子 lúnzi · wheel
• 刹车 shāchē · to brake; brakes
• 碰撞 pèngzhuàng · to collide, crash
• 拐 guǎi · to turn (a corner)
• 拐弯 guǎiwān · to turn a corner
• 拦 lán · to stop, block; hail (a taxi)
• 倒车 dǎochē · to change (buses, trains)
• 时速 shísù · speed (per hour)
• 方位 fāngwèi · direction, position
• 乘 chéng · to ride, take (transport, written)
• 穿过 chuānguò · to go through, cross
• 晕车 yùnchē · to be carsick
• 漫长 màncháng · long, endless (time, a road)

sentences

• 一场大雪把路面弄得很滑。 · A heavy snowfall made the roads very slippery.
• 下班高峰的时候，地铁里非常拥挤，人行道上也全是人。 · At evening rush hour the underground is packed, and the pavements are full of people too.
• 这辆货车把整条路都堵住了。 · This lorry is blocking the whole road.
• 在前面的路口往右拐。 · Turn right at the next junction.
• 刚才那一下碰撞，把车灯撞坏了。 · That bump just now broke a headlight.