末路

Chinese

		end; final stage; latter part	road; path; way
simp. and trad. (末路)		末	路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mòlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut⁶ lou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): boa̍t-lō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mòlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mòlù
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴-lu⁴
    • Yale: mwò-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohluh
    • Palladius: молу (molu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mut⁶ lou⁶
    • Yale: muht louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁹ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mud⁶ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚² lou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boa̍t-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: bua̍t-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boadlo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /buat̚⁴⁻³² lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /buat̚²⁴⁻² lɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /buat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /buat̚⁴⁻³² lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /buat̚⁴⁻³² lɔ³³/

Noun

末路

1. (literary) end of the road
2. (figurative) dead end; impasse; end
3. (literary) final period of a dynasty or a person's life; last days
4. (literary) last (in sequence)

Derived terms

• 晚節末路／晚节末路
• 末路之難／末路之难
• 末路人
• 末路窮途／末路穷途
• 窮途末路／穷途末路 (qióngtúmòlù)
• 英雄末路

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
末	路
ばつ Grade: 4	ろ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
末	路
まつ Grade: 4	ろ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡sɨɾo̞]
• IPA^(key): [ba̠t͡sɨɾo̞]

Noun

末(まつ)路(ろ) or 末(ばつ)路(ろ) • (matsuro or batsuro) 

1. end of the road
2. final period of a dynasty or a person's life; last days

   頑張(がんば)らない人(ひと)の末路(まつろ)

   ganbaranai hito no matsuro

   fate of a person who does not persevere

3. state of decline after glory