走投無路

Chinese

		to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	to throw; to send	not have	road; path; way
trad. (走投無路)		走	投	無	路
simp. (走投无路)		走	投	无	路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǒutóuwúlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨˊ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² tau⁴ mou⁴ lou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǒutóuwúlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨˊ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǒutóuwúlù
    • Wade–Giles: tsou³-tʻou²-wu²-lu⁴
    • Yale: dzǒu-tóu-wú-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzooutourwuluh
    • Palladius: цзоутоуулу (czoutouulu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau² tau⁴ mou⁴ lou⁶
    • Yale: jáu tàuh mòuh louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² tau⁴ mou⁴ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo² teo⁴ mou⁴ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ lou̯²²/

Idiom

走投無路

1. to be very desperate; to have no way out; to be back to the wall