條條大路通羅馬

Chinese

			wide road; wide boulevard; main road wide road; wide boulevard; main road; mainstream; ordinary	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	Rome; Roman
trad. (條條大路通羅馬)		條條	大路	通	羅馬
simp. (条条大路通罗马)		条条	大路	通	罗马

Etymology

Calque of English all roads lead to Rome.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiáotiáo dàlù tōng Luómǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁴ tiu⁴ daai⁶ lou⁶ tung¹ lo⁴ maa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiáotiáo dàlù tōng Luómǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiáotiáo dàlù tong Luómǎ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao²-tʻiao² ta⁴-lu⁴ tʻung¹ Lo²-ma³
    • Yale: tyáu-tyáu dà-lù tūng Lwó-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyautyau dahluh tong Luomaa
    • Palladius: тяотяо далу тун Лома (tjaotjao dalu tun Loma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵⁻⁵⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵⁻⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu⁴ tiu⁴ daai⁶ lou⁶ tung¹ lo⁴ maa⁵
    • Yale: tìuh tìuh daaih louh tūng lòh máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁴ tiu⁴ daai⁶ lou⁶ tung¹ lo⁴ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁴ tiu⁴ dai⁶ lou⁶ tung¹ lo⁴ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːu̯²¹ taːi̯²² lou̯²² tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ maː¹³/

Proverb

條條大路通羅馬

1. all roads lead to Rome

Synonyms

• 殊途同歸／殊途同归 (shūtútóngguī)