| 马路沿儿 | mǎ lù yánr | roadside / edge of the road | 
| 马 | Mǎ | surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 马来西亚 | 
| 马 | mǎ | horse / CL:匹 / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess | 
| 马路 | mǎ lù | street / road / CL:条 | 
| 路 | Lù | surname Lu | 
| 路 | lù | road (CL:条) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind | 
| 沿 | yán | along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge | 
| 沿儿 | yánr | edge (used directly after a noun, e.g. roadside 马路沿儿) | 
| 儿 | ér | child / son | 
| 儿 | r | non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final |