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活路

活路

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	road; path; way
simp. and trad. (活路)		活	路

Noun

活路

(archaic) a passable road; an unblocked road

Japanese

Kanji in this term
活	路
かつ Grade: 2	ろ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

活路 ‎(hiragana かつろ, romaji katsuro)

means of survival

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): huólù

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ lou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fa̍t-lu
Min Nan (POJ): oa̍h-lō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: huólù
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwoluh
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wut⁶ lou⁶
  - Yale: wuht louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ lou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² lou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fa̍t-lu
  - Hakka Romanization System: fad lu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fad⁶ lu⁴
  - IPA: /fat̚⁵ lu⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: ua̍h-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oaqlo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lɔ³³/