窮途末路

Chinese

		exhausted; poor	way; route; road	end; final stage; latter part	road; path; way
trad. (窮途末路)		窮	途	末	路
simp. (穷途末路)		穷	途	末	路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngtúmòlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ tou⁴ mut⁶ lou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qióngtúmòlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngtúmòlù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-tʻu²-mo⁴-lu⁴
    • Yale: chyúng-tú-mwò-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongtwumohluh
    • Palladius: цюнтумолу (cjuntumolu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ tʰu³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kung⁴ tou⁴ mut⁶ lou⁶
    • Yale: kùhng tòuh muht louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ tou⁴ mut⁹ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ tou⁴ mud⁶ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ tʰou̯²¹ muːt̚² lou̯²²/

Idiom

窮途末路

1. to be very poor or desperate; to be back to the wall