🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

路标

Pronunciation / Transliteration: lùbiāo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Waymark/ˈweɪ.mɑːk/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"沿着路标走,你就不会在森林里迷路。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A mark or sign set up to show a path or road, especially for hikers or travelers.

    "The trail was clearly indicated by a series of yellow waymarks painted on the trees."
As verb
  1. 1

    To mark a path, route, or trail with directional signs or symbols.

    "Volunteers spent the weekend trying to waymark the new nature reserve trail."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English nouns 'weg' (road, path) and 'mearc' (boundary, sign, limit), dating back to the late Old English or early Middle English period. It originally functioned to denote physical boundary markers or directional signs placed along established pathways and trails.

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