歧路

Chinese

		divergent; side road	road; path; way
simp. and trad. (歧路)		歧	路
alternative forms		岐路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qílù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ lou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî-lō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qílù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cílù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-lu⁴
    • Yale: chí-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiluh
    • Palladius: цилу (cilu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ lou⁶
    • Yale: kèih louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ lou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: kî-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kilo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ lɔ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: gjie luH

Rime
Character	歧	路
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	巨支切	洛故切
Baxter	gjie	luH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiᴇ/	/luoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɛ/	/luoH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡjɛ/	/loH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giə̆/	/lɔH/
Li Rong	/ɡie/	/loH/
Wang Li	/ɡǐe/	/luH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gie̯/	/luoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4	lou6

Noun

歧路

1. forked road; branched road; crossroads
2. (figurative) wrong path; wrong direction

Derived terms

• 徘徊歧路
• 徬徨歧路
• 歧路亡羊 (qílùwángyáng)