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退路

退路

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	road; path; way
simp. and trad. (退路)		退	路

Noun

退路

route of retreat
(figuratively) leeway

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tuìlù

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ lou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thui-lu
Min Nan (POJ): thè-lō͘ / thòe-lō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tuìlù
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyluh
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: teoi³ lou⁶
  - Yale: teui louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ lou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ lou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thui-lu
  - Hakka Romanization System: tui lu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tui⁴ lu⁴
  - IPA: /tʰu̯i⁵⁵ lu⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-lō͘ / thòe-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: thè-lōo / thuè-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tealo, toealo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ lɔ²²/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɔ⁴¹/, /tʰue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ lɔ²²/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ lɔ³³/, /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ lɔ³³/, /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ lɔ³³/