水道

shuǐdào
  1. watercourse (river, canal, drain etc)
  2. water route
  3. lane (in a swimming pool)

CEDICT

  1. (literary) urethra
  2. canal; ditch
  3. lane in swimming pool
  4. urethra
  5. water course; waterway

Wiktionary

  1. 人工或天然的通水路线。或水深足够船隻航行的航路，如大海峡、河流、海湾或海峡中水深最深、主水流流过的路线，都称为「水道」。
  2. 游泳池中用绳索分隔出的区间。比赛时，选手应在各自的水道中前进，若越线则犯规。

重編國語辭典

  1. 供水系统（自来水）或其管道
  2. 尿道
  3. 水路，航道
  4. 泳池中的泳道
  5. 沟渠；渠道

維基詞典

Examples

水道如树枝般越过了平原。

The waterways branch out across the plain.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 水 shuǐ
  1. water
  2. (after a name) ... River
  3. to swim (used mostly in 会水 huìshuǐ and 水性 shuǐxìng)
  4. (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
  5. (bound form) additional cost; extra income
  6. classifier for washings of a garment
2 道 dào
  1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
  2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: 條, 股

Related entries

坊 fāng
  1. lane (usually as part of a street name)
  2. memorial archway
巷 xiàng
  1. lane
  2. alley
弄 lòng
  1. lane
  2. alley
弄什麼呀？

What are you doing?

What're you doing?

Source: Tatoeba

里巷 lǐxiàng
  1. lane
  2. alley
巷弄 xiànglòng
  1. alley
  2. lane
弄堂 lòngtáng
  1. (dialect) alley
  2. lane
往北拐弯走到第二条弄堂就是。

Turn north, walk to the second alley, and you're there.

Source: Tatoeba

球道 qiúdào
  1. fairway (golf)
  2. lane (ten-pin bowling)