生路

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	road; path; way
simp. and trad. (生路)		生	路

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnglù

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ lou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siⁿ-lō͘ / seⁿ-lō͘ / sng-lō͘ / seng-lō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēnglù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shenglù
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-lu⁴
  - Yale: shēng-lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengluh
  - Palladius: шэнлу (šɛnlu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ lou⁶
  - Yale: sāang louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ lou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ lou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: sinn-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svilo
  - IPA (Taipei): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sĩ³³ lɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: senn-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svelo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: sng-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: snglo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ lɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: sing-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: senglo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/

Noun

生路

way to survive; way out (for someone captured)
means of livelihood; way of subsistence

Synonyms

(means of livelihood):

世故 (shìgù) (archaic)
生活 (shēnghuó)
生涯 (shēngyá)
生產 / 生产 (shēngchǎn) (archaic)
生計 / 生计 (shēngjì)
飯碗 / 饭碗 (fànwǎn) (figurative, informal)

Derived terms

一線生路 / 一线生路
别開生路