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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiat-lō͘
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷shiuq-lu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuèlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuèlù
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-lu⁴
    • Yale: sywè-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehluh
    • Palladius: сюэлу (sjuelu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuělù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuělù
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-lu⁴
    • Yale: sywě-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheueluh
    • Palladius: сюэлу (sjuelu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiělù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siělù
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh³-lu⁴
    • Yale: syě-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieeluh
    • Palladius: селу (selu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyut³ lou⁶
    • Yale: hyut louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ lou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷shiuq-lu
    • MiniDict: shiuih^入 lu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴xyq-lu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕyɪʔ³³ lu⁴⁴/

Noun

血路

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

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ketsɯro/

Noun

血(けつ)路(ろ) • (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)