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岔 chà

fork in the road

Strokes
7
Level
HSK 6
Radical
山
Type
Ideograph
Made of 分山 ⿱分山

Memory hint: A road being split 分 by a mountain 山

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  1. 前面有一个岔路口。
    Qiánmiàn yǒu yí ge chàlùkǒu.
    There's a fork in the road up ahead.
    front have one (measure) fork-road-mouth
  2. 我们该走哪个岔路？
    Wǒmen gāi zǒu nǎge chàlù?
    Which fork should we take?
    we should walk which fork-road (question)
  3. 到了岔路口，请往左拐。
    Dào le chàlùkǒu, qǐng wǎng zuǒ guǎi.
    When you reach the fork, please turn left.
    arrive (particle) fork-road-mouth, please toward left turn
  4. 这条路上没有什么岔口。
    Zhè tiáo lù shàng méiyǒu shénme chàkǒu.
    There aren't any forks on this road.
    this (measure) road on not-have what fork-mouth
  5. 开车走到山间的岔路口时，他一时不知道该往哪边走。
    Kāichē zǒu dào shānjiān de chàlùkǒu shí, tā yìshí bù zhīdào gāi wǎng nǎbiān zǒu.
    When driving to the fork in the mountains, he didn't know for a moment which way to go.
    drive walk arrive mountain-among (particle) fork-road-mouth when, he for-a-moment not know should toward which-side walk

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