叉路

Chinese

		to cross; be stuck; to diverge to cross; be stuck; to diverge; to open (as legs); fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect	road; path; way
simp. and trad. (叉路)		叉	路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chālù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa¹ lou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhâ-lu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsho-lu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chālù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chalù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-lu⁴
    • Yale: chā-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaluh
    • Palladius: чалу (čalu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa¹ lou⁶
    • Yale: chā louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa¹ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca¹ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ lou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhâ-lu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ca´ lu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ca¹ lu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsho-lu
    • MiniDict: tsho^平 lu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsho-lu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵ lu²¹/

Noun

叉路

1. (literal) sideroad; byway
2. (figurative) wrong path; wrong direction (in life)

Synonyms

• (sideroad):

• 分叉路 (fan¹ caa¹ lou⁶) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
• 分岔路 (Cantonese)
• 岔子 (chàzi)
• 岔路 (chàlù)
• 岔道 (chàdào)