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沿着 (沿著)
  • [yánzhe]

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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

沿着 [yánzhe]
  1. 1. preposition along (a certain route); down; up
    我沿着河堤散步，没想到掉到河里了。
    I walked along the riverbank and fell into the river unexpectedly.
  2. 2. follow

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

沿着 [yánzhe]
  1. 1. 介 顺着(一定路线)
    沿着河堤散步。
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Examples

沿着池塘有一条曲折的小路。
There's a winding path following the edge of the pond.
他们沿着那条十分陡峭的上坡路爬上去。
They climbed by the very steep ascent.
街道沿着港湾伸延。
The streets run along the bay.
卡车沿着盘山公路向上爬去。
The trucks climbed the twisting mountain road.
沿着海岸航行
sail along the coast
队伍沿着山道迤逦而行。
The troops marched along the winding mountain path.
这个图形沿着对称轴左右对称。
The graph is divided by its symmetry axis.
沿着水的流向，就可以找到他的住处。
You can find his living place along the river.
我们沿着盘曲的山路走了好久，才终于走到了山顶。
We walked along the meandering mountain path for a long time. Finally, we arrived at the mountaintop.
这是一种藤本植物，它会沿着墙壁生长的。
It is a vine, it can grow along a wall.
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Word Decomposition

沿
[yán] 		+ 着
[zhe]

nciku Note

Preposition as conveyors of place and position

Preposition as conveyors of place and position

A preposition is used before an object, noun, pronoun or a phrase, to form a phrase that describes a place, position, direction, method, time, object, aim, or the passive voice. The normal preposition conveys both place and position: for example “在” zài, “于” yú (often in formal writing)，“从” cóng, “自” zì, “打” dǎ, “由” yóu (meaning " from") , “朝” cháo, “向” xiàng, “到” dào, “往” wǎng (meaning "to" or "toward") , and “沿着” yánzhe (meaning "along"). These words are often placed before the location or position word. These prepositional phrases are used as adverbial adjuncts.
(1) 他从东边走来。
(2) 警方于某商场抓获犯罪嫌疑人一名。
(3) 我打学校来。
(4) 这条公路由河北通往山东。
(5) 他朝（向，往，到）那边去了。
(6) 沿着这条路一直走，就到我家了。

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