思路

Chinese

		to think; to consider	road; path; way
simp. and trad. (思路)		思	路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ lou⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sir-lō͘ / su-lō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): se¹ lou⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihlù
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-lu⁴
    • Yale: sz̄-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syluh
    • Palladius: сылу (sylu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 思路 絲路 / 丝路

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si¹ lou⁶
    • Yale: sī louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ lou̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 思路 絲路 / 丝路

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: sir-lōo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ lɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: su-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sulo
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: se¹ lou⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ lōu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ³³⁻²³ lou¹¹/

Noun

思路

1. reasoning; rationale; mentality; way of thinking

   追根溯源，要換換思路了。 [MSC, trad.]
   追根溯源，要换换思路了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhuīgēn sùyuán, yào huàn huàn sīlù le. [Pinyin]

   Another way of thinking is required to get to the root and trace the source.

2. train of thought; thinking

Synonyms

• (train of thought): (literary, or in compounds) 思 (sī), 思緒／思绪 (sīxù)