沿
yán
follow a course, go along
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 水
- HSK
- 6
- Tone
- 2
Stroke order
Example sentences
我沿着河走了段路。
Wǒ yán zhe hé zǒu le duàn lù
I walked along the river.
沿着这条街直走。
Yán zhe zhè tiáo jiē zhí zǒu
Go straight on down this street.
请沿着这条路一直往前走。
Qǐng yán zhe zhè tiáo lù yī zhí wǎng qián zǒu
Go straight ahead along this street.
一个男孩正沿着街走。
Yī gè nán hái zhèng yán zhe jiē zǒu
A boy is walking across the street.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words containing 沿
- 沿着yán zhe 2–5to go along; to follow
- 沿yán 2along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge
- 沿海yán hǎi 2–3 coastal
- 前沿qián yán 2–2 front-line; forward position; outpost; extending ahead; frontier (of science, technology etc)
- 沿途yán tú 2–2 along the sides of the road; by the wayside
- 沿岸yán àn 2–4 coastal area; littoral or riparian
- 沿线yán xiàn 2–4 along the line (e.g. railway); the region near the line