血路

血路

Chinese

		blood	road; path; way
simp. and trad. (血路)		血	路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuèlù, xuělù, xiělù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄨˋ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ lou⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): hiat-lō͘
• Wu (Wiktionary): xyq lu (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuèlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehluh
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuělù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheueluh
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiělù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiieluh
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyut³ lou⁶
    • Yale: hyut louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ lou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ lou̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiat-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: hiat-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiatlo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ lɔ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xyq lu (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯ɪʔ³³ lv̩ʷ⁴⁴/

Noun

血路

1. (archaic) an escape route carved out by charging through the enemy's line

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
血	路
けつ Grade: 3	ろ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ketsɯro/

Etymology

Literally "blood path". Originally a path that a bleeding, injured animal uses to escape.

Noun

血路 (hiragana けつろ, rōmaji ketsuro)

1. an escape path from surrounding enemies
2. a way out from a difficult situation

Idioms

• 血路 (けつろ)を開 (ひら)く (ketsuro o hiraku)