短路

Chinese

		lack; short	road; path; way
simp. and trad. (短路)		短	路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duǎnlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun² lou⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): té-lō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): do² lou⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duǎnlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duǎnlù
    • Wade–Giles: tuan³-lu⁴
    • Yale: dwǎn-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doanluh
    • Palladius: дуаньлу (duanʹlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun² lou⁶
    • Yale: dyún louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn² lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün² lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn³⁵ lou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: té-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: té-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deflo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɔ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: do² lou⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tó lōu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to⁵²⁻³⁵ lou¹¹/

Verb

短路 (intransitive)

1. (electronics) to short circuit; to undergo a short circuit
2. (figurative, humorous, of someone's brain) to suddenly and temporarily malfunction; to have a mental lapse

Synonyms

• (to short circuit): (Hokkien) 碰電／碰电, 相拍電／相拍电

See also

• 短接 (duǎnjiē, “to cause a short circuit in”)