殊途同歸

See also: 殊途同归

Chinese

		different; disparate; dissimilar	way; route; road	like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	to go back; to return
trad. (殊途同歸)		殊	途	同	歸
simp. (殊途同归)		殊	途	同	归
alternative forms		殊塗同歸／殊涂同归

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūtútóngguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu⁴ tou⁴ tung⁴ gwai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-thù-thùng-kûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūtútóngguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shutútóngguei
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-tʻu²-tʻung²-kuei¹
    • Yale: shū-tú-túng-gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shutwutorngguei
    • Palladius: шутутунгуй (šututunguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu⁴ tou⁴ tung⁴ gwai¹
    • Yale: syùh tòuh tùhng gwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁴ tou⁴ tung⁴ gwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu⁴ tou⁴ tung⁴ guei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː²¹ tʰou̯²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-thù-thùng-kûi
    • Hakka Romanization System: su^ˊ tu^ˇ tung^ˇ gui^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ tu² tung² gui¹
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴ tʰu¹¹ tʰuŋ¹¹ ku̯i²⁴/

Idiom

殊途同歸

1. different roads lead to the same destination; all roads lead to Rome

Synonyms

• 同歸殊途／同归殊途
• 殊方同致
• 殊塗同會／殊涂同会
• 殊塗同致／殊涂同致
• 殊塗一致／殊涂一致
• 殊路同歸／殊路同归
• 殊致同歸／殊致同归
• 異途同歸／异途同归 (yìtútóngguī)
• 異路同歸／异路同归