39.11 Vocabulary: Roads

The classifier 條 tiu4 is used with things in a long shape. We will use it with several things below.

The rightmost column is the classifiers we use with the nouns.

1.天橋tin1 kiu4bridge; footbridge條 tiu4
2.行人天橋hang4 jan4 tin1 kiu4footbridge (literally ‘pedestrian + bridge’)條 tiu4
3.隧道seoi6 dou6tunnel; subway (pedestrian crossing)條 tiu4
4.行人隧道hang4 jan4 seoi6 dou6subway (pedestrian crossing; literally ‘pedestrian + subway’)條 tiu4
5.馬路maa5 lou6road (for vehicles)條 tiu4
6.公路gung1 lou6highway條 tiu4
7.高速公路gou1 cuk1 gung1 lou6highway (literally ‘high + speed + highway’)條 tiu4
8.斑馬線baan1 maa5 sin3zebra crossing (literally ‘zebra + line’)條 tiu4
9.紅綠燈hung4 luk6 dang1traffic lights (literally ‘red + green + light’)盞 zaan2,
個 go3
10.交通燈gaau1 tung1 dang1traffic lights (literally ‘traffic + light’)盞 zaan2,
個 go3
11.街口gaai1 hau2intersection個 go3
12.路口lou6 hau2intersection個 go3
13.十字路口sap6 zi6 lou6 hau2crossroads個 go3
14.迴旋處wui4 syun4 cyu5roundabout個 go3
15.街頭gaai1 tau4beginning of a street-
16.街尾gaai1 mei5end of a street-
17.地面dei6 min2ground-