死路

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	road; path; way
trad. (死路)		死	路
simp. #(死路)		死	路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² lou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sí-lu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-lō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhlù
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-lu⁴
    • Yale: sž-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyluh
    • Palladius: сылу (sylu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² lou⁶
    • Yale: séi louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ lou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sí-lu
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi` lu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi³ lu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si³¹ lu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: sí-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sylo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɔ³³/

Noun

死路

1. blind alley; dead end; cul-de-sac
2. road to ruin; road to destruction

Synonyms

• (blind alley):

Dialectal synonyms of 死衚衕 (“blind alley; dead end”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		死衚衕, 死巷, 死路, 絕路
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	死衚衕兒
	Taiwan	死巷, 死巷子
	Singapore	死巷
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	死衚衕
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	死衚衕兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	死衚衕兒
	Xi'an	死巷子, 背巷子
	Xuzhou	死巷口兒, 死巷口子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	死巷子, 死巷巷兒
	Guiyang	死巷子
	Liuzhou	死巷子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	掘頭路, 掘㞘路, 掘頭巷, 掘㞘巷
	Hong Kong	掘頭路, 掘頭巷
	Taishan	掘頭巷, 掘尾巷
	Kaiping (Chikan)	掘尾巷
	Dongguan	掘頭巷
Hakka	Yudu	死巷子
Jin	Taiyuan	絕路
	Xinzhou	盡頭黑埌
Northern Min	Jian'ou	死墿
Southern Min	Xiamen	無底巷
	Tainan	無尾巷
	Penang (Hokkien)	無尾巷
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	掘頭巷
Wu	Ningbo	𡰪塞弄堂
	Wenzhou	𣎴頭巷, 𣎴頭路
Xiang	Changsha	死巷子

• (road to ruin): 絕路／绝路 (juélù), (Hokkien) 屈頭路／屈头路