後路

See also: 后路

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	road; path; way
trad. (後路)		後	路
simp. (后路)		后	路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòulù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ lou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ǎu-lō͘ / āu-lō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòulù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòulù
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-lu⁴
    • Yale: hòu-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howluh
    • Palladius: хоулу (xoulu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ lou⁶
    • Yale: hauh louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² lou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǎu-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: ǎu-lōo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /au²² lɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: āu-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxlo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/

Noun

後路

1. (literally) the road behind
2. (figurative) escape route; route of retreat; way out
3. (figurative) leeway; room (for negotiation, to maneuver, etc.); latitude; margin; space
4. (figurative) alternative course of action

Synonyms

• (escape route): 後步／后步 (hòubù)
• (leeway):

• 地步 (dìbù) (literary)
• 後步／后步 (hòubù)
• 退步 (tuìbù)
• 退路 (tuìlù) (figurative)
• 餘地／余地 (yúdì) (literal and figurative)

 

• (alternative course of action): 後步／后步 (hòubù)

Derived terms

• 抄後路／抄后路 (chāo hòulù)
• 留後路／留后路