Chinese word

迷路

Pronunciation

Pinyinmí lù

Meaning

  • verbget lost

Example

我去市场时迷路了。wǒ qù shì chǎng shí mí lù le

I got lost when I went to the market.

Illustration for 迷路 (get lost)

More examples

出差到外地，他在陌生的街区迷路了。chū chāi dào wài dì tā zài mò shēng de jiē qū mí lù le

While on a business trip out of town, he got lost in an unfamiliar neighborhood.

Core concept

A traveler reaches a tangle of roads where the route to the intended destination is no longer clear.

Common phrases

  • 在城市里迷路zài chéng shì lǐ mí lù

    get lost in the city

  • 在国外迷路zài guó wài mí lù

    get lost abroad

  • 迷路了mí lù le

    got lost

Similar words

迷失mí shī: Lose track of one's location or direction and no longer know where to go.
走错方向zǒu cuò fāng xiàng: Go the wrong way after choosing an incorrect direction.

Definition in Chinese

走动时找不到方向或误入复杂路网，从而无法按原计划到达目的地。zǒu dòng shí zhǎo bú dào fāng xiàng huò wù rù fù zá lù wǎng cóng ér wú fǎ àn yuán jì huà dào dá mù dì dì

Word origin

迷 (mí, "lose one's way") + 路 (lù, "road") joins the loss of direction with the road itself, forming the everyday verb for being unable to follow a route.

Usage tips

  • Adding a landmark or street name makes a report more useful in travel conversations than naming the navigation problem alone.

Opposites

  • 找到方向zhǎo dào fāng xiàngfind one's wayverb

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