Chinese word

一路

Pronunciation

Pinyinyī lù

Meaning

  • adverbthe whole time

Example

从早到晚我们一路忙着工作。cóng zǎo dào wǎn wǒ men yí lù máng zhe gōng zuò

From morning to night, we were busy working the whole time.

Illustration for 一路 (the whole time)

More examples

他的演讲一路顺利，台下反应很好。tā de yán jiǎng yí lù shùn lì tái xià fǎn yìng hěn hǎo

His speech went smoothly the whole time, and the audience responded well.

Core concept

A single unbroken road carries an action or state from its starting point through the entire stretch.

Common phrases

  • 一路顺利yí lù shùn lì

    go smoothly throughout

  • 一路成长yí lù chéng zhǎng

    grow continuously

Similar words

一直yì zhí: Continues without stopping throughout a period of time.
始终shǐ zhōng: Lasts consistently from the beginning to the end of a situation or feeling.
从头到尾cóng tóu dào wěi: Covers the entire process from beginning to end.

Definition in Chinese

口语中表示在整个过程或一段时间内始终如此，强调全过程而非一时的行为。kóu yǔ zhōng biǎo shì zài zhěng gè guò chéng huò yí duàn shí jiān nèi shǐ zhōng rú cǐ qiáng diào quán guò chéng ér fēi yì shí de xíng wéi

Word origin

一路 (yīlù, "one road") combines 一 (yī, "one") and 路 (lù, "road"), extending the image of one continuous road to a process that runs from beginning to end.

Usage tips

  • In conversational Chinese, this adverb normally comes before the activity or state it covers, while an English time expression often comes later in the sentence.

Other meanings

  • all the wayadverb

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