hai4蹊

Jyutpinghai4

Yalehàih

Definition

Footpath; a narrow path or way.

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How it's used

Refers specifically to a narrow, often unpaved path or trail rather than a formal road or street. It carries a slightly rustic or rural connotation compared to the more common term 路. In modern urban Hong Kong, it is rarely used in daily conversation and is more likely to appear in place names or literary descriptions of hiking trails.

Measure word

tiu4條tìuh

Examples

ni1呢tiu4條hai4蹊hou2好naan4難hang4行aa4呀。

This footpath is very difficult to walk on.

nei5你zi1知m4唔zi1知bin1邊tiu4條hai4蹊heoi3去go2嗰dou6度？

Do you know which path goes there?

Common phrases

saan1山hai4蹊

mountain path

Common mistake

Do not confuse this with the homophone 蹊 in the idiom 蹊蹺, which means suspicious or strange. Using this word to describe a standard city street will sound unnatural or overly poetic.