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

  (Pinyin): sǐhútòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² wu⁴ tung⁴

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• 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/
• 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/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 死衚衕

1. (literally) blind alley
2. (figurative) dead end; cul-de-sac

Synonyms

• 死路 (sǐlù)
• 死巷 (sǐxiàng)
• (Cantonese) 掘頭路／掘头路
• (Min Nan) 無尾巷／无尾巷

(deprecated template usage)