畏途

Chinese

		to fear	way; route; road
trad. (畏途)		畏	途
simp. #(畏途)		畏	途
alternative forms		畏塗／畏涂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèitú

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³ tou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ùi-tô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèitú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèitú
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-tʻu²
    • Yale: wèi-tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weytwu
    • Palladius: вэйту (vɛjtu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ tʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai³ tou⁴
    • Yale: wai tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei³ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³ tʰou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùi-tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: uì-tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uie'doo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔ²³/

Noun

畏途

1. (literary) dangerous road
2. (literary, figuratively) perilous undertaking

Derived terms

• 視為畏途 / 视为畏途 (shìwéiwèitú)