日暮途窮

Chinese

		nightfall; dusk; sunset nightfall; dusk; sunset; evening	way; route; road	exhausted; poor
trad. (日暮途窮)		日暮	途	窮
simp. (日暮途穷)		日暮	途	穷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìmùtúqióng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ mou⁶ tou⁴ kung⁴

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìmùtúqióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhmùtúcyóng
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-mu⁴-tʻu²-chʻiung²
    • Yale: r̀-mù-tú-chyúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhmuhtwuchyong
    • Palladius: жимутуцюн (žimutucjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ tʰu³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ mou⁶ tou⁴ kung⁴
    • Yale: yaht mouh tòuh kùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ mou⁶ tou⁴ kung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ mou⁶ tou⁴ kung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² mou̯²² tʰou̯²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

日暮途窮

1. to be in a very desperate situation and close to perishing