daan1 cing4 lou6單程路单程路
Jyutpingdaan1 cing4 lou6
Yaledāan chìhng louh
Definition
One-way road; a street where vehicles are only allowed to travel in one direction.
colloquialtransportplaces
How it's used
Drivers often use this term to warn others about traffic flow restrictions in dense urban areas like Mong Kok or Causeway Bay. It specifically describes the legal direction of traffic rather than just the physical layout of the street. You will frequently hear it mentioned when giving directions to someone who is driving.
Measure word
tiu4條tìuhExamples
This street is a one-way road, don't drive in there.
Do you know where there are one-way roads to watch out for?
Related words
Common phrases
to travel on a one-way road
driving against the flow of traffic
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 單行道, which is the standard term in written Chinese or Mandarin; while understood, it sounds less natural in spoken Cantonese than 單程路.
Grammar color guide
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Classifier
Particle
Connector
Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
