How to Say ‘That one (for roads, rivers, long objects)’ in Simplified Chinese
那条
nà tiáo
[nah tyaow]
💬 Usage Tip: [那条] means "that one" when talking about something that takes the counting word [条], like a road or river. The pattern is easy to reuse: [这条路] "this road," [那条河] "that river."
Phrase Breakdown
那
nà
[nah]
that
Points to something farther away from the speaker.
那条路是不是更近？
Is that road shorter?
条
tiáo
[tyaow]
classifier for long narrow things
Used with roads and similar long objects.
前面那条路比较快。
That road ahead is relatively faster.
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