管道

• 拼音: guǎn dào
• 汉字拆解: 管 = 竹 (bamboo) + 官 (official, phonetic), referring to bamboo tubes; 道 = 辶 (walk) + 首 (head), meaning way or path

含义

Pipeline; pipe; conduit. A tube or channel through which fluids or gases are transported.

Used for physical pipes (water, gas, oil pipelines) and metaphorically for channels of communication or distribution. Common collocations: 天然气管道 (natural gas pipeline), 输油管道 (oil pipeline), 销售管道 (sales channel). The metaphorical usage is increasingly common in business contexts for distribution channels.

例句

1. 这条跨国天然气管道的建设将大大改善两国的能源合作关系。
2. 老旧小区的自来水管道严重老化，政府决定全面更换。
3. 公司正在开拓新的销售管道，希望把产品打入东南亚市场。

用法指南

语境: infrastructure, engineering, business

语气: technical

正确说法

• 管道破裂了，到处都是水。(The pipe burst, there's water everywhere.)
• 我们需要拓宽销售管道。(We need to expand our sales channels.)

错误说法

• 把普通水管说成管道 (For a simple household faucet pipe, use 水管 rather than the more technical-sounding 管道)

起源与历史

Compound of 管 (tube, pipe) + 道 (way, path). The combination creates a term for tubular pathways, both literal and figurative.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal