Chinese

Noun

一路

1. the road to; the way to; on the way to

Derived terms

Adverb

一路

1. (Cantonese) while

   一路行一路玩電話 [Cantonese, trad.]

   一路行一路玩电话 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jat¹ lou⁶ haang⁴jat¹ lou⁶ waan² din⁶ waa^6-2 [Jyutping]

   fiddling with a phone while walking

2. (Cantonese) continuously, always

   我一路都想去旅行㗎。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   Ngo⁵jat¹ lou⁶ dou¹ soeng² heoi³ leoi⁵ haang⁴ gaa³. [Jyutping]

   I've always wanted to travel.

Synonyms

• (while): 一面 (yīmiàn), 一邊／一边 (yībiān)
• (always): 一直 (yīzhí)

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #35”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.