丝绸之路

Traditional form:

絲綢之路

Pinyin (reading):

Sīchóuzhī Lù

Definitions:

• the Silk Road

Characters:

• 丝 - silk, fine thread; wire; strings
• 绸 - silk cloth, satin damask
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 路 - road, path, street; journey

Traditional characters:

• 絲 - silk, fine thread; wire; strings
• 綢 - silk cloth, satin damask
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 路 - road, path, street; journey