窮途末路
Chinese
| exhausted; poor | way; route; road | end; final stage; latter part | road; path; way | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (窮途末路) | 窮 | 途 | 末 | 路 | |
| simp. (穷途末路) | 穷 | 途 | 末 | 路 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qióngtúmòlù
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngtúmòlù
- Wade–Giles: chʻiung2-tʻu2-mo4-lu4
- Yale: chyúng-tú-mwò-lù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongtwumohluh
- Palladius: цюнтумолу (cjuntumolu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ tʰu³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kung4 tou4 mut6 lou6
- Yale: kùhng tòuh muht louh
- Cantonese Pinyin: kung4 tou4 mut9 lou6
- Guangdong Romanization: kung4 tou4 mud6 lou6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ tʰou̯²¹ muːt̚² lou̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
窮途末路
- to be very poor or desperate; to be back to the wall