| 高速公路 |
gāo sù gōng lù |
expressway; highway; freeway |
| 高 |
Gāo |
surname Gao |
| 高 |
gāo |
high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) |
| 高速 |
gāo sù |
high speed / expressway (abbr. for 高速公路) |
| 速 |
sù |
fast / rapid / quick / velocity |
| 公 |
gōng |
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) |
| 公路 |
gōng lù |
highway / road / CL:条 |
| 路 |
Lù |
surname Lu |
| 路 |
lù |
road (CL:条) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind |