陌路

Chinese

		raised path; street	road; path; way
simp. and trad. (陌路)		陌	路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mòlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ lou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mòlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mòlù
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴-lu⁴
    • Yale: mwò-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohluh
    • Palladius: молу (molu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ lou⁶
    • Yale: mahk louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² lou̯²²/

Noun

陌路

1. (literary) stranger; passer-by

Synonyms

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• 外人 (wàirén)
• 生人 (shēngrén)
• 生份人 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 生保人 (Cantonese)
• 生頭人／生头人 (Ningbonese)
• 過路人／过路人 (guòlùrén) (figurative)
• 陌生人 (mòshēngrén)

 

Derived terms

• 形同陌路 (xíngtóngmòlù)
• 視同陌路／视同陌路
• 陌路人 (mòlùrén)
• 陌路相逢