死衚衕

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	hutong
trad. (死衚衕/死胡同)		死	衚衕/胡同
simp. (死胡同)		死	胡同

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐhútòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² wu⁴ tung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐhútòng → sǐhútong (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ → ㄙˇ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhhúto̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-hu²-tʻung⁵
    • Yale: sž-hú-tung
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhwu.tonq
    • Palladius: сыхутун (syxutun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵¹/ → /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ tʰʊŋ³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐhútòngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhhútòngr
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-hu²-tʻung⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: sž-hú-tùngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhwutonql
    • Palladius: сыхутунр (syxutunr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ tʰʊ̃ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² wu⁴ tung⁴
    • Yale: séi wùh tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² wu⁴ tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² wu⁴ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ wuː²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

死衚衕

1. (literally) blind alley
2. (figurative) dead end; cul-de-sac

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