顺道

順道
shùndào
on the way

CEDICT

on one's way; at the same time

Wiktionary

  1. 顺从道义。
  2. 顺便。
  3. 顺路。

重編國語辭典

Examples

他顺道去了这家书店。

He dropped in at the bookstore.

Source: Tatoeba

你回家途中顺道来看看我吧。

Please drop in at my house on your way home.

Source: Tatoeba

我回家时会顺道去一去邮政局。

I'll call by the post office on the way home.

Source: Tatoeba

顺道一提，我的英语是绝对没有希望了。

By the way, my English is absolutely hopeless.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 顺 shùn
  1. to obey
  2. to follow
  3. to arrange
  4. to make reasonable
  5. along
  6. favorable
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

半路 bànlù
  1. halfway
  2. midway
  3. on the way
站在半路，比走到目標更辛苦。

Only going half way is more painful than continuing on to your goal.

Source: Tatoeba