掘頭巷

Chinese

		lacking an end; dead-end; blocked lacking an end; dead-end; blocked; going nowhere	lane; alley
trad. (掘頭巷)		掘頭	巷
simp. (掘头巷)		掘头	巷
alternative forms		屈頭巷／屈头巷 倔頭巷／倔头巷

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwat⁶ tau⁴ hong^6-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gut⁵ heu³ hong^5*

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwat⁶ tau⁴ hong^6-2
    • Yale: gwaht tàuh hóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁹ tau⁴ hong^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gued⁶ teo⁴ hong^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚² tʰɐu̯²¹ hɔːŋ²²⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gut⁵ heu³ hong^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kut̚³² heu²² hɔŋ³²⁻³²⁵/

Noun

掘頭巷

1. (Cantonese, Pinghua) dead end; blind alley (Classifier: 條／条 c)

Synonyms

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