沿

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.

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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