死衚衕
Chinese
to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
hutong | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (死衚衕/死胡同) | 死 | 衚衕/胡同 | |
| simp. (死胡同) | 死 | 胡同 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: sǐhútòng → sǐhútong (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ → ㄙˇ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhhúto̊ng
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ3-hu2-tʻung5
- Yale: sž-hú-tung
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhwu.tonq
- Palladius: сыхутун (syxutun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵¹/ → /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ tʰʊŋ³/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: sǐhútòngr
- Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhhútòngr
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ3-hu2-tʻung4-ʼrh
- Yale: sž-hú-tùngr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhwutonql
- Palladius: сыхутунр (syxutunr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ tʰʊ̃ɻ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sei2 wu4 tung4
- Yale: séi wùh tùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: sei2 wu4 tung4
- Guangdong Romanization: séi2 wu4 tung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sei̯³⁵ wuː²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
死衚衕
- (literally) blind alley
- (figurative) dead end; cul-de-sac
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 死衚衕 (“blind alley; dead end”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 死衚衕, 死巷, 死路, 絕路 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 死衚衕兒 |
| Taiwan | 死巷, 死巷子 | |
| Singapore | 死巷 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 死衚衕 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 死衚衕兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 死衚衕兒 |
| Xi'an | 死巷子, 背巷子 | |
| Xuzhou | 死巷口兒, 死巷口子 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 死巷子, 死巷巷兒 |
| Guiyang | 死巷子 | |
| Liuzhou | 死巷子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 掘頭路, 掘㞘路, 掘頭巷, 掘㞘巷 |
| Hong Kong | 掘頭路, 掘頭巷 | |
| Taishan | 掘頭巷, 掘尾巷 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 掘尾巷 | |
| Dongguan | 掘頭巷 | |
| Hakka | Yudu | 死巷子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 絕路 |
| Xinzhou | 盡頭黑埌 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 死墿 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 無底巷 |
| Tainan | 無尾巷 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 無尾巷 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 掘頭巷 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 𡰪塞弄堂 |
| Wenzhou | 𣎴頭巷, 𣎴頭路 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 死巷子 |