Chinese symbol for “pave”
铺路
pū lù
Traditional: 鋪路
to pave (with paving stones); to lay a road; (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth); to give a present to sb to ensure success
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pave is 铺路 (pū lù), defined as: to pave (with paving stones); to lay a road; (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth); to give a present to sb to ensure success.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pave”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铺砌 (鋪砌) | pū qì | to pave |
| 铺平 (鋪平) | pū píng | to spread out (material); to pave (the way, a road etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 铺路.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 店铺 (店鋪) | diàn pù | store; shop |
| 铺设 (鋪設) | pū shè | to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline); to install (wiring, cable) |
| 商铺 (商鋪) | shāng pù | shop; store |
| 铺垫 (鋪墊) | pū diàn | to spread out bedding; bedcover |
| 铺天盖地 (鋪天蓋地) | pū tiān gài dì | (lit.) eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom); (fig.) arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive |
| 铁路 (鐵路) | tiě lù | railroad; railway |
| 道路 | dào lù | road; path |
| 路线 (路線) | lù xiàn | itinerary; route |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.